| 释义 |
[/liːst; list/] indef det, indef pron (used as the superlative of little2 用作little2的最高级) smallest in size, amount, extent, etc 最小的; 最少的; 最小; 最少. (a) (det):
He's the best teacher even though he has the least experience. 他尽管经验最少, 但教得最好. *
The least worry we have is about the weather. 我们最不担心的就是天气. *
If you had only the least thought for others you would not have spoken out in that way. 你若稍为他人著想, 必不会那样说话. =>Usage at much 用法见much.
(b) (pron):
That's the least of my anxieties. 那是我最不担心的. *
It's the least I can do to help. 这是我能帮忙做的最起码的事了. *
She gave (the) least of all towards the wedding-present. 她给的结婚礼物最少. least 2
adv用法:
1 to the smallest extent 最少; 最小:
just when we least expected it 偏偏在我们最想不到的时候 *
He disliked many of his teachers and Miss Smith he liked (the) least. 很多老师他都不喜欢, 最不喜欢的是那个女教师史密斯. *
She chose the least expensive of the hotels. 她选了一家最便宜的旅馆. *
one of the least performed of Shakespeare's plays 莎士比亚戏剧中演得最少的一出. 用法:
2 (idm 习语) at least (a) if nothing else is true; at any rate 反正; 无论如何:
She may be slow but at least she's reliable. 她迟钝是迟钝, 但无论如何她很可靠.
(b) not less than 至少:
at least 3 months, 3, 10 inches 至少3个月、 3英镑、 10英寸. ,least of `all to an insignificant degree 最不; 尤其:
Nobody need worry, you least of all/least of all you. 谁也不必担心, 尤其是你. *
Least of all would I lie to you. 我最犯不上对你撒谎了. ,not in the `least absolutely not; not at all 绝对不; 一点也不:
It doesn't matter in the least. 那绝对不要紧. *
`Would you mind if I put the television on?' `No, not in the least.' ｀我开电视机影响你吗?＇｀一点都不影响.＇ not least especially; in particular 尤其是; 特别是:
The film caused a lot of bad feeling, not least among the workers whose lives it described. 那影片招致许多人的反感, 尤其是工人不满其中对工人生活的描写. last but not least => last2. |