least
[li:st]
adj.最小的, 最少的
adv.最小地, 最少地, 最轻微地
n.最小, 最少
例句与用法:
Least of all would I lie to you.
我最犯不上对你撒谎了。
Mr. Brown talks least.
布朗先生极少说话。
The least noise would startle the timid child.
最小的响声也会吓着这个胆小的孩子的。
a.(little的最高级)
1. 最小的; 最少的
He has least money of all of us.
我们之中他钱最少。
2. 最不重要的; 地位最低的
ad.(little的最高级)
1. 最小; 最少
He works least.
他工作得最少。
2. 最不
This is the least useful of the four books.
四本书中这一本最无用处。
n.
最小; 最少[the S]
Giving him food was the least we could do.
给他饭吃是我们能做的最起码的事。
短语词组:
at (the) least
1. 至少
He smoked at least half a packet of cigarettes a day.
他每天至少抽半包烟。
in the least
1. 丝毫
I'm not in the least afraid.
我一点也不害怕。
least
同义词:
minimum | smallest | fewest | most | iota | jot | modicum | smidgen | speck | slightest |
反义词:
most |
词义辨析:
同义:
a.最小的; 最少的
fewest
smallest
minimum
反义:
a.最小的; 最少的
most
反义参见:
biggest
leastleast[li:st]adj.[little 的最高级]1.■最小的, 最少的2.■最不重要的, 地位最低的3.■[美方]年纪最小的; (动植物)最小种类的the least number最小数
词性变化least[li:st]n.1.■最小, 最少Of two evils, the least should be taken.两害相权取其轻。least[li:st]adv.1.■[little 的最高级]最小; 最少; 最不
determiner& pronoun
- (一般作 the least)smallest in amount, extent, or significance
最少,最小
[as determiner]who has the least money?.
谁的钱最少?。
he never had the least idea what to do about it.
他一点也不知道该怎么对付它。
[as pronoun]how others see me is the least of my worries.
我一点也不担心别人怎么看我。
it's the least I can do.
这是我至少能做到的。
- used in names of very small animals and plants, e.g. least shrew
[用于极小动植物的名称,如least shrew]
- to the smallest extent or degree
最少,至少
my best menu was the one I had practised the least.
我最拿手的菜是我实践最少的。
turning up when he was least expected.
出现在人们最想不到他之时。
only the least expensive lot sold.
只有最便宜的一批卖掉了。
I never hid the truth, least of all from you.
我从不隐瞒真相,更不会对你。
at least
- not less than; at the minimum
至少;最少
clean the windows at least once a week.
至少每周擦一次窗。 - if nothing else (used to add a positive comment about a generally negative situation)
毕竟(用于给反面情况加上正面评价)
the options aren't complete, but at least they're a start.
这些选项并不全面,但毕竟是一种开始。 - anyway (used to modify something just stated)
无论如何;不管怎样
they seldom complained—officially at least.
他们很少抱怨——无论如何,至少在正式场合是这样。
- (used after amounts) not less than; at the minimum
(用于数量后)至少
stay ten days at the least.
至少住10天。 - taking the most pessimistic or unfavourable view
从最不利方面说
a programme which is, at the very least, excellent PR for the hospital.
一个从最坏方面讲也是对医院公共关系绝妙的项目。
- (proverb)a difficult situation will be resolved more quickly if there is no more discussion of it
(谚)多说反坏事,少说更有利
- not in the smallest degree; not at all
一点也不
he was not in the least taken aback.
他一点也不惊讶。
- in particular; notably
特别,明显
there is a great deal at stake, not least in relation to the environment.
涉及许多问题,特别是环境方面。
- used as an understatement (implying the reality is more extreme, usually worse)
[一种以退为进的表达,暗示情况更严重]至少可以说
his performance was disappointing to say the least.
至少可以说她的表演很令人失望。
- Old English lǣst, lǣsest, of Germanic origin; related to less
least
名词 least:
something that is of no importance
形容词 least:
the superlative of `little' that can be used with mass nouns and is usually preceded by `the'; a quantifier meaning smallest in amount or extent or degree
副词 least:
used to form the superlative
least
■A good cigarette will smoke at least ten minutes.
一支好烟至少可以抽10分钟。
■It take at least two to make a peace, but one can make a war.
一方燃起的战火,至少两方才能媾和。
■A good cigar will smoke for at least half an hour .
一根好的雪茄至少可抽半小时。
■There is not the least apprehension of her coming.
一点都不必担心她会来。
■A combinational logic element having at least one input channel.
一种至少有一个输入通道的组合逻辑元件。
■Yet Mr Roodhouse is at least logical.
不过,鲁德豪斯的观点至少还合乎逻辑。
■Perhaps the least prepossessing quality of Fox was that he cares too much about the ephemeral in politics: and Ford displays excessive zeal, to my mind, in teasing out these cares to the last twist and turn.
也许福克斯最不逗人喜欢的一点就是他把短促的政治生命看得过于重了。而在我看来,福特在诱使福克斯说出他的这些关心时显得过分热情,手法千奇百怪,使尽了手段。
■So the village school stays open, for the time being at least, and long live our present incumbent.
于是,村办学校继续办下去,至少暂时能这样,让我们为现在的职员高呼万岁!
■Work as die locksmith at least five years.
从事模具钳工工作5年以上。
■Nobody ever takes me seriously, or pays the least attention to what I say. Sure, I can make friends--but I can't influence people.
从未有人重视过我,也没人对我所说的话给予过任何一点注意。是的,我可以交朋友——但却无法影响他人。
■He earns 8000 a year whereas she gets at least 20000.
他一年挣8000英镑而她至少可获20000英镑。
■They do not care a bout him in the least.
他们一点也不喜欢他。
■They spend at least nine months of the year on the wing.
他们每年至少飞行九个月。
■He obtruded upon us when he was least welcome.
他在最不受欢迎的时候闯到我们这儿来。
■He didn't seem to mind public opinion in the least.
他对公众舆论似乎一点都不在乎。
■He is not in the least interested in abstract art.
他对抽象派艺术毫无兴趣。
■He is not interested in math in the least.
他对数学一点都不感兴趣。
■He batted the ball at least 300 feet.
他将球击出至少三百英尺。
■He worked hardest but was paid least.
他工作最辛苦,但所得报酬却最少。
■He is not in the least kind.
他心肠一点都不好。
■He smoked at least half a packet of cigarettes a day.
他每天至少抽半包烟。
■He showed not the least sign of repentance.
他毫无改悔之意。
■His farm is off the beaten track. It is at least two miles from the main road.
他的农庄在偏僻的地方,离开大路至少有两英里。
■His muscle did not relax in the least.
他的肌肉一点也没放松。
■He should at least have come to say good-by.
他至少也该来道个别(然而却没来)。
■He has been there at least twice.
他至少去过那儿两次。
■He stands in good with at least ten companies.
他至少同10家公司有交情。
■He won't be finished for at least an hour.
他至少要过一个小时才能结束。
■He normally would make at least haf of the shots.
他通常会把至少出手次数的一半球投进。
■But at this age the likelihood of death is least.
但在这个年龄死亡的可能性最小。
■But devising incentives to encourage people to save more is a high priority, and the officials said they wanted to explore approaches that would not make much of a dent in Federal revenues, at least for some years.
但是制订鼓励人们储蓄奖励办法是当务之急,官员们说他们想要寻求不致过分影响联邦岁入的办法,至少几年之内不致影响。
■You are unable to render me the least assistance.
你一点都不能帮我的忙。
■None of you can complain, Peter least of all.
你们谁都不应抱怨,彼得尤其不应该。
■Are you in the least interested in sewing?
你对缝纫有点兴趣吗?
■You might at least have swept the floor.
你本来至少可以拖一下地板的。
■You should brush your teeth at least once a day.
你每天至少要刷一次牙。
■You should brush your teeth at least twice a day.
你每天至少要刷牙两次。
■Your house ought to sell for at least $12000.
你的房子至少应卖12000镑。
■You might at least tidy up your desk.
你至少应把你的书桌弄干净。
■You might at least apologize.
你至少应该道歉一下。
■You have to spend at least seven days here.
你至少得在此待七天。
■The least you can do is do apologize.
你至少要表示一下歉意。
■At least we can fall back on candles if the electricity fails.
停电时我们至少可以使用蜡烛。
■A child's education shall begins at least one hundred years before he was born.
儿童教育,应该在还未出生的一百年前开始。
■The Company was in a strait for they had only twenty-four hours more in which to complete their contract and they had at least sixty hours' work to do.
公司当时陷入了困境,因为他们要完成合同只剩下24小时,而当时他们要干的活至少需要60小时。
■He hasn't the least foreknowledge of this matter.
关于此事他事先一点也不知道。
■Preparations would occupy at least an hour.
准备工作至少需要一个小时。
■Laura is a beautiful woman to say the least.
劳拉至少可以说是一位漂亮女人。
■Harriet was an extremely pretty girl of seventeen, not in the least brilliant, but with pleasing, unassuming manners, and a gratifying habit of looking up to Emma as a paragon.
哈里特是附近寄宿学校学生,住在校长家里。她年方十七,相貌出众,虽然资质低下,但举止行为却讨人喜欢,毫不做作,又习惯于把爱玛奉为楷模,所以挺称人心意。
■This is the least useful of the four books.
四本书中这一本最无用处。
at (the) least
1. 至少
He smoked at least half a packet of cigarettes a day.
他每天至少抽半包烟。
in the least
1. 丝毫
I'm not in the least afraid.
我一点也不害怕。
习惯用语at (the) least1.■至少, 起码; 无论如何at the very least1.■[用于加强语气] (=at the least, in the least)一点, 丝毫not in the least1.■一点也不to say the least (of it)1.■[插入语]至少(可以这样说), 退一步说least of all1.■尤其是, 最不L-said, soonest mended .(=The least said the better.)1.■[谚]多说惹祸, 少说为妙; 话越少越好。