least
美 [list]
英 [liːst] 
- adv.最小;最少;微不足道;最小的
- n.最小
- adj.最小的;最不重要的;(动,植物)最小种类的;〈美方〉年纪最小的
- 网络最少的;最少量;的最高级
反义词
英汉双解
1. | 最小的;最少的;程度最轻的smallest in size, amount, degree, etc. |
| He's the best teacher, even though he has the least experience. 他虽然经验最少,却是最出色的老师。 |
| She never had the least idea what to do about it. 这事怎么办,她一点主意都没有。 |
| He gave (the) least of all towards the wedding present. 买结婚礼物,他出的钱最少。 |
| How others see me is the least of my worries(= I have more important things to worry about) . 别人怎么看我,我一点都不在乎。 |
| It's the least I can do to help(= I feel I should do more) . 这是我所能帮忙做的最起码的事。 |
1. | 最小;最少;微不足道to the smallest degree |
| He always turns up just when you least expect him. 他总是在你最意料不到的时候出现。 |
| She chose the least expensive of the hotels. 她挑了一家最便宜的旅馆。 |
| I never hid the truth, least of all from you. 我从不隐瞒事实,尤其是对你。 |
习惯用语
at the (very) least
(用于数量之后)至少,最少used after amounts to show that the amount is the lowest possible
| It'll take a year, at the very least. 这至少需要一年时间。 |
not in the least
| Really, I'm not in the least tired. 说真的,我一点也不累。 |
| ‘Do you mind if I put the television on?’ ‘No, not in the least.’ “我开电视机你介意吗?”“不,一点也不介意。” |
at least
| It'll cost at least 500 dollars. 这东西至少要花 500 元。 |
| She must be at least 40. 她至少应该有 40 岁了。 |
| Cut the grass at least once a week in summer. 夏天至少每周割草一次。 |
| I've known her at least as long as you have. 我认识她至少和你认识她的时间一样久了。 |
(用于对否定情况补充肯定的评论)起码used to add a positive comment about a negative situation
| She may be slow but at least she's reliable. 她虽然迟钝,但起码还很可靠。 |
无论如何;反正even if nothing else is true or you do nothing else
| You could at least listen to what he says. 你至少可以听一听他说些什么。 |
| Well, at least they weren't bored. 唔,反正他们没有厌烦。 |
(用以减轻前面所说的话的肯定性)至少used to limit or make what you have just said less definite
| They seldom complained─officially at least. 他们很少抱怨,至少不在正式场合这样做。 |
| It works, at least I think it does. 它行,反正我认为它行。 |
not least
| The documentary caused a lot of bad feeling, not least among the workers whose lives it described. 那部纪录片引起了许多人的反感,片中描写到其生活的工人尤其如此。 |
英汉解释
英英解释
例句
Here at Nakuru, they have found a place with food and a new harmony; at least, for now.
在那库鲁,它们发现了一个充满食物和全新和谐的地方,至少现在是。
Although more than 90 percent of these societies have engaged in warfare at least once, some societies fight constantly and others rarely.
虽然这些社会中90以上至少介入过一次战争,但其中有些社会战事连绵,而另外一些社会则很少打仗。
It was one of the orders I ignored, at least to the extent of making sure a good record exsited.
这是我没有执行的命令之一,至少在确保留存一份完好的记录方面是如此。
And who knows, maybe some of the methods will actually make you smarter or at least help you become a more interesting person.
但是谁知道呢,也许有些方法会让你变聪明或至少可以让你变成一个有意思的人。
Intermediation requires the intermediating system to understand at least some of the semantics of the messages it intercepts.
“仲裁要求仲裁系统对于它所拦截的消息的语义至少有些理解”。
happiness can be a kind of problem, too. but at least it's the kind that leaves people smiling.
快乐也可以是一中难题,但这种难题至少能留给人们美好的回忆。
8 The Royal Family. People come from all over the world to see the Royal Family, or at least the people who guard them at Buckingham Palace.
8皇室。全世界的人们都到英国来看他们,或者至少看看在白金汉宫守卫他们的卫队。
If Mr Ribeiro is any guide, it may be at least a year before they begin to brave the market again.
如果买房者都像Ribeiro先生这样,那至少还要一年他们才会鼓起勇气再次进入市场。
Such information and drawings shall be supplied in the number of copies agreed upon or at least one copy of each.
这些信息和图纸在双方协商一致的情况下应提供数套副本,或至少提供一套副本。
It has also arrested many JUD activists, sealed scores of the charity's offices and stopped publication of at least six JUD newspapers.
JUD的很多活动家也遭到了逮捕;同时该布施团办公场所受到查封、至少6份报纸的发行被迫中断。
It would not contribute in the least if we were to besmear each other all over with butter and honey.
即使我们在身上都涂满牛油和蜜糖也无济于事。
There are a quarter of a million -- at least those are the ones we know about -- a quarter of a million species of flowering plants.
有25万种--至少我们知道的有这么多--25万中开花植物。
Personally I cannot see it is proper to oppose poverty eradication against dealing with Climate Change, or at least put one above the other.
我个人并不认为应将消除贫困和应对气候变化对立起来,或者将一者置于另一者之上。
A man of genius is unbearable, unless he possess at least tow things besides: gratitude and purity.
有天才的人,若除了天才外不具备以下两者:即感恩和纯洁,那就令人无法接受。
(safe) With a steady job and salary, he is at least safe from hunger for the time being.
有了稳定的工作和收入,他至少暂时摆脱了挨饿。
So, all the other dinosaurs that you know, or your kids know, at least, on four legs.
然而,你或你的孩子记忆当中的其它恐龙至少是有四条腿的。
Since his own ends are clearly given and he acts to pursue them, surely at least his actions can be considered efficient.
既然他清楚自己的目的,并行动起来追求目的,想必至少可以认为他的行动是有效率的。
I spent at least two hours walking around the interior and the surrounding Piazza, taking in the visual and historical feast before me.
我花了将近两个小时逛完教堂内部以及大广场的四周,享受了一顿视觉和历史文化的盛宴。
Several ministers have warned that the current ministerial meeting would be the last chance to make progress for at least a year.
多名部长级官员曾经警告,当前这一轮部长级会议将是至少一年内取得进展的最后机会。
Is there a way I can reach her or at least leave a message for her to call me?
能否告诉我和她的联系方式,或者至少设法通知她打电话给我。
In these cases, the parental cells differ at least with respect to genotype if not phenotype as well.
在这些情况下,亲本细胞即使不在表现型上至少也在基因型上有区别。
At least three of these companies have voiced officially their intent to do so.
至少有3个公司已正式表示打算这样做。
There are at least three ways out of that difficulty.
解决这个问题至少有三种方法。
She had always hoped that he would someday become at least a Deputy Chief of Naval Operations.
她一直希望他有朝一日至少当上海军作战部副部长。
Then you must have passed, occasionally at least, though probably not so faithful as I am doomed to do, through a narrow intricate passage.
那么你一定走过--至少是偶然路过一条很窄的,弯弯曲曲的胡同,当然你不会象我那样命中注定要经常走那条胡同。
He knew that at least this fanatical and faithful follower, and his family, would stick by him to the end.
他知道,至少这位狂热忠实的追随者和他的家属是愿意跟随他到底的。
The War upset the whole world, and it did the ordinary social movements no good-at least, I feel that way.
大战骚扰了全世界,它没有给一般的社会运动带来好处--至少,我认为是如此。
The cheese is left to age for at least a year.
这种奶酪至少要搁一年才成熟。
These shoes will wear at least a year.
这双鞋至少可穿一年。
When the Major arrived, his presence somehow cast a damp upon at least three of the persons of our little party.
少校的到来,至少使我们这些朋友中三个人感到不大高兴。
We knew of at least eighty instances in which an American serviceman had been captured alive and had subsequently disappeared.
我们已知至少有80个美国军人被生俘后不知去向。
This spray should only be used on trees that have been planted out for at least four years and are well established.
这种药剂只能在已经种植了至少4年已良好建成的果园使用。
They all agreed that the little man had done quite right; they all said that they didn't blame him in the least.
大家一致认为小个子做得对,都说他们一点儿也不责怪他。
We must endeavour to satisfy you, that, at least, amongst our errors, we preserve Christian charity, and a desire to assist our brethren.
我们必须使你相信,即使我们有过错,我们至少要保持基督教徒慈悲为怀,以及帮助我们兄弟的心愿。
The clinal variations of at least some physiological characters does not reflect unevenness at the subspecies boundaries.
至少有一些生理性状的梯度变异反映不出亚种边界的不齐性。
His various rackets required his presence at least until he made enough money to skip out with.
他放不下那些黑买卖,要溜也得先捞一大把。
The signal collecting area of each system would be at least 100 times greater than that of the Arecibo telescope.
每个系统的收集信号的区域至少一百倍于阿雷西博望远镜。
It was not a pleasant commentary on his own character and degree of moral stamina, to say the least.
至少,这也是在他自己的性格与道德程度上不愉快的解释。
Only by helping the least fortunate of its members to help themselves can the human family achieve the decent satisfying life.
惟有帮助那些最不幸的成员去帮助他们自己,人类这个大家庭才能达到高尚而满足的生活。
The funny thing was that he remained standing there for at least four or five seconds, gently swaying.
事情有些蹊跷;他仍在原地站立着,至少有四、五秒钟之久,身躯轻轻地摇晃着。
No ordinary President would have accepted such a state of affairs, least of all one so jealous of his public image as Nixon.
因为一般的总统都不会容忍这种状况,更不用提尼克松那样十分计较自己在公众面前形象的总统了。
He was the most exciting man-beyond anyone she had even dreamed of knowing, at least in that way.
他是个最能令人感到兴奋的人,她做梦都想不到有谁会比他更令人兴奋,至少在那方面是这样。
The chastity of a woman, or at least her reputation for chastity, is of vital importance before marriage.
女人的贞操,或者至少是贞操名誉,在婚前是至关重要的。
He asked for a margin of at least thirty percent over the German Fleet on account of expected losses in the passage.
他认为在打开通路时,难免要遭受损失,因此,要求至少有超过德国舰队30%的富裕船只。
Society-civilized society, at least-is never very ready to believe anything to the detriment of those who are both rich and fascinating.
社会,至少文明社会,从来就不怎么愿意相信有损既富有又英俊的人的流言。
Here I was doing dirty work for three men that I looked down upon, and one of whom, at least, should have hung upon a gallows.
在这儿,我在替三个我所瞧不起的人干着肮脏的杂务,而其中至少有一个是应该吊在绞刑架上的。
The incident, nonetheless, revealed the absence in administration circles of any strong obsession with social justice at least for Negroes.
不过这件事暴露出政府部门对社会正义,至少对黑人缺乏任何认真的关心。
He wore a pair of round silver rimmed-glasses which gave him at first glance a studious or, at least, a methodical appearance.
他戴了一副银丝边圆眼镜,乍一看去似乎有一种勤奋好学的风度,起码也给人一种循规蹈矩之感。
She did not in the least miss him.
她对他一点也不觉得难舍难分。
I had a weight of guilt upon me enough to sink any creature who had the least power of reflection left.
我有一个罪恶的重担压在身上,但凡有点反省能力的人都会给这重担压倒下去。
Somehow I doubt whether there will be much uncertainty or humility on offer; or not, at least, from anyone close to power.
我多少有点怀疑,人们是否会表现出更多的怀疑与谦逊;或至少不是来自那些接近权力的人。
But it is becoming increasingly clear that at least one good thing came out of it: Mending of Japan's tattered ties with the U. S.
但一个日益清晰的事实是,此次争端至少产生了一个积极效果,那就是使饱受打击的日美关系得到了修补。
We all in do not camouflage, dismounts that matter useless attire to accommodate, at least in us, replies original most really own!
我们都不要在伪装了,卸下那层无用的装容,起码在我们中,回复原来的最真的自己!
The best day to drink at least 2000 ml water and nutrients to promote the body's waste transport and metabolism.
最好每天至少要喝2000毫升水,促进体内养分的运输和废物的代谢。
In a British study, men who had intercourse at least twice a week lived longer than men who had sex less than once a month.
一份英国的研究证实,一周至少两次性生活的男性比每月性生活不足一次的男性寿命更长。
"This hunt for resources is going to consume large bodies of water around the world for at least the next couple of decades, " Mrs.
克林顿夫人在最近的一次采访中说:“至少在未来的几十年里,寻找资源将消耗全世界大量的水域。”
The strainer screen should be serviced at least twice a year.
过滤器的过滤网一年至少要维护两次。
I make it a point to play one of them for at least five minutes each day.
我每天会特地抽空把它们拿出来练习至少五分钟。
Clustered mailbox servers deployed in an SCC require at least two network cards in each node to be supported .
在SCC中部署的群集邮箱服务器要求至少支持每个节点中两张网卡。
Save the great stability at high temperatures, high humidity climates can be kept for at least 3 years, and has no effect on sedan.
保存的稳定性能优越,在高温、潮湿的气候下可以保存至少3年以上,且对制版无任何影响。
At least this proposal would be in line with the more restrictive interpretation of German constitutional law.
最起码这一建议不违背德国宪法更具限制性的解释。
For at least two decades the US has been unable to provide monetary stability, financial regulation and fiscal rectitude.
20多年来,美国一直无法提供货币稳定、金融监管和财政廉洁。
We also like a fixed subsidy, at least in the early stages. This helps us make up for the high initial expenses of establishing a product.
我们还希望有初期津贴,这样可以弥补我们推销产品初期的高额费用。
A time, each person at least are aware of several neighbors, people now seem to be too busy, too busy to reach out to one another.
有一个时候,每个人起码都认识几个邻居,可如今人们似乎太忙,无暇相互接触。
Better yet, do not even waste your time with a website until you are at least 10% into the project (programming and art wise).
然而更好的是,在工程进展10%(程序和美工)之前,不要浪费时间在网站上。
To commemorate him, at least one member of each Muslim family will be named Mohammed, Ahmed or other derivations of the word.
为纪念他,基本每个家庭里都至少有一个成员唤作穆罕默德,艾罕默德或者其他这个名字的变体。
It had an extra long bed with a shell, so at least they had shelter from the elements.
车身特别长,还有个外壳。他们至少有个不受风吹雨打的遮掩。
The more typical pattern is for such huge shifts in sentiment to take at least a month or two -- not just two weeks, as it has recently.
在正常情况下,情绪如此程度的转变,怎么也需要至少一两个月的时间,而不是我们现在看到的两周。
I've lived in Virginia all my life. Pretty much all that I remember at least.
我一直生活在维吉尼亚。我记得,至少也是绝大部分时间。
Doctors at Gaza hospitals say that at least one-fifth of the victims are children and a large number of women are among the dead.
加沙的医院医生们说,死亡者中,至少有三分之一的受害者是儿童和死者中有大量妇女。
The least of the ragged fellows whom he rated and threatened, could have made a fortune by betraying him.
这些被他斥责过,吓唬过的衣衫破烂的家伙们,只要有一个人会出卖他,就可以发一笔大财的。
Of these intellectuals the least sociological was David Hume but his influence on Smith and Ferguson was crucial.
在这批学者中,同社会学关涉最少的是大卫·休谟,但他对斯密和弗格森的影响却极大。
The Neger has been a desert since at least that time and was inhabited only intermittently.
至少是自那时起,内格尔已是沙漠,只是断断续续地有人居住。
I was misanthropic and sullen; I brooded and worked along, and had no friends-at least, only one.
我郁郁寡欢,愤世嫉俗;我深居简出,奋力攻读;我鲜朋少友--只有唯一的一个朋友。
At least, I would not keep my door barred in the day-time.
我至少还不会在白天把门闩住。
I told her I was shy of speaking, for the woman of the house looked stranger, or at least, I thought so.
我对她说我不好意思说出来,这家的主妇对我疏远起来,至少我是这样感觉的。
It's very pleasant to be so well treated where one had least looked for it.
一个人出乎意料地遇到这么好的事,这实在太妙了。
The use of magnets as aids to navigation can be traced back at least to the eleventh century.
磁铁用于航海,至少可追溯到11世纪。
Well, he is going to be disappointed at least while I am on deck.
瞎,他会落空的--至少有我在守着。
If this is a novel without a hero, at least let us lay claim to a heroine.
如果这小说里的男人没有一个出类拔萃,女人里头至少有一个了不起的人物。