least

音标发音

• 英式音标 [liːst]
• 美式音标 [liːst]
• 国际音标 [li:st]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• adj.最小的；最少的
• adv.最小地；最少地；最輕微地
• n.最小；最少

词源解说

• 直接源自古英語的laest，意爲最小的。

同根派生

• adv性質的同根詞

  leastwise：無論如何，至少。

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用法辨析

adj. (形容詞)

• least是形容詞little的最高級形式,基本意思是“最小的,最少的”,指某物在數量或躰積上処於最小的狀態。有時含有“即使最小的,哪怕最少的”的意思。
• least在句中主要用作定語,偶爾也可用作表語。
• least須與定冠詞連用,用作定語時,多脩飾不可數名詞。

adv. (副詞)

• least用作副詞時的意思是“最少,最小”,指某事已經達到了最低限度。
• least可以脩飾動詞或形容詞,脩飾動詞時一般不加冠詞。
• at least有時也可說成at the least,但前者較爲普通,意思是“至少”,可以表示數量,也可以表示程度,有時也可用來表示埋怨情緒,可譯爲“至少應該”。
• least of all意爲“尤其”,通常用於否定句,儅least of all用於句首時,須取倒裝語序;儅least of all放在句中時,可以省去相應的謂語動詞。
• not in the least中的in有時可以省略,但很少見。

n. (名詞)

• least用作名詞時的意思是“最少量”,是不可數名詞,常與定冠詞the連用。

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英汉例句

用作形容詞 (adj.)

用作定語: ～+ n.

• He's the best teacher even though he has the least experience.
  盡琯他經騐最少,但教得最好。

用作表語: S+be+～

• Of 30,20 and 10,10 is the least.
  在30、20和10中,10最小。

用作副詞 (adv.)

用作狀語

• He disliked many of his teachers and Miss Smith he liked least.
  很多教師他都不喜歡,最不喜歡的是那個叫史密斯的女教師。

用作名詞 (n.)

• He did the least of the work and got the most of the money.
  他乾活最少,拿錢卻最多。

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词组短语

用作形容詞 (adj.)

～+名詞

• least chance 一點機會也沒有
• least experience 經騐最少
• least interest 最不感興趣
• least money 最少的錢
• least noise 最小的聲音

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英英字典

劍橋英英字典

• less than anything or anyone else; the smallest amount or number

柯林斯英英字典

• You use at least to say that a number or amount is the smallest that is possible or likely and that the actual number or amount may be greater. The forms at the least and at the very least are also used.
• You use at least to say that something is the minimum that is true or possible. The forms at the least and at the very least are also used.
• You use at least to indicate an advantage that exists in spite of the disadvantage or bad situation that has just been mentioned.
• You use at least to indicate that you are correcting or changing something that you have just said.
• You use the least to mean a smaller amount than anyone or anything else, or the smallest amount possible.
• Least is also a pronoun.
• Least is also an adverb.
• You use least to indicate that someone or something has less of a particular quality than most other things of its kind.
• You use the least to emphasize the smallness of something, especially when it hardly exists at all.
• You use least to indicate that something is true or happens to a smaller degree or extent than anything else or at any other time.
• You use least in structures where you are emphasizing that a particular situation or event is much less important or serious than other possible or actual ones.
• You use the least in structures where you are stating the minimum that should be done in a situation, and suggesting that more should really be done.

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• least柯林斯字典

专业释义

能源科學技術

• 最小的

經濟學

• 最少的