least

英[liːst]美[liːst]

adv.*少；

det. *小的，起码；

pron.*小的，起码；

英语六级真题

Whereas language probably traces back at least 80.

At least four institutions - the University of Maryland, Oklahoma Christian University, Abilene Christian and Freed-Hardeman- have announced that they will give the devices to some or all of their students this fall.

The average American spends at least eight and a half hours a day in front of a screen.

According to data gathered by Harvard Law School professor Lani Guinier, the most selective schools are more likely to choose blacks who have at least one immigrant parent from Africa or the Caribbean than black students who are descendants of American slaves.

But such a Darwinian spirit is beginning to give way as at least a few colleges face up to the graduation gap

A study by Mannaz, a leadership development company, suggests that, while the bully-boy chief executive of old may not have been eradicated completely, there is a definite shift in emphasis towards less tough styles of management – at least in America and Europe.

Since then the debate has become less emotional, not least because a lot more is known about the subject.

But over the next few decades labour forces in rich countries are set to shrink so much that inflows of immigrants would have to increase enormously to compensate: to at least twice their current size in western Europe's most youthful countries, and three times in the older ones

It will not be the end of the world, at least not for quite a while yet, but the world will slowly become a different place.

In a recent study of parents and grown-up children in 11 European countries, Karsten Hank of Mannheim University found that 85% of them lived within 25km of each other and the majority of them were in touch at least once a week

But shouldn't we at least offer to share the expenses?

Disaster movies often portray catastrophes that destroy, or at least threaten to destroy earth's entire population.

However, soon after these fierce outbreaks, the virus died out, at least temporarily

Hospital workers in at least one case deserted their workplace in panic, thus halting the administering of potentially unclean disease spreading injections, but Ebola has not disappeared.

I hope you are not to put out with me for the delay ,I had to stop for the Fred's home to pick up a book on my way here M : well , that's not a big deal ,but you might at least phone if you know you will keep someone waiting Q : what do we learn about the women

There isn't much violent crime in a small town like Green Ville, or at least not as much as in the large urban areas

It collapsed at least once in the past 1.3 million years.

This is one of our best and least expensive two-bedroom listings

Now, new evidence reveals that all or most of the Antarctic ice sheet collapsed at least once during the past 1.3 million years, a period when global temperatures probably were not significantly higher than they are today.

Esperanto is used internationally across language boundaries by at least 1 million people, particularly in specialized fields.

"Supplying power to trains in this way would offer the shortest distance from well to wheels," he says, "with the least amount of energy lost."

"We're obligated to keep a pulse on the population for at least five years after the foxes are delisted," says Boser.

As a possible home for alien life, it has been voted the planet least likely to succeed.

As fifth-graders, children with early attention problems obtained average reading scores at least 3% lower than their contemporaries' and grades at least 8% lower than those of their peers.

As one person ironically put it in the comments section of Schwartz's online article, "As I was reading this very excellent article, I stopped at least half a dozen times to check my email.

At least taxpayers should be able to decide what students will study on the public dime.

At least the slides were good, that is, until the bulb in the projector blew, and she had to finish the talk with no illustrations.

But the first bite was a pleasant surprise, a little dry and lacking of taste, but at least a wing didn't get stuck in my throat.

But the least we should expect is that they do not foster divisions and exclude those who are already disadvantaged.

Economic reasoning shows that the least expensive way for each country is to put a price on carbon emissions.

Families provide at least as much care as they ever did.

For both beef and dairy production, it requires, at least in the beginning, more pastureland.

However, given that there is at least some evidence for positive effects from some of these lifestyle changes, plus other benefits apparently unrelated to cognitive decline, Burke was willing to offer some recommendations.

In a series of several experiments, the researchers illustrated just how much we've come to admire busyness, or at least the appearance of it.

It actually dates back to at least 1701.

It has consequences: South Africa's ongoing drought—the worst in three decades—will cost at least a quarter of its com crop this year.

It turns out that those who consumed the highest levels of fiber during adolescence had a lower risk of developing breast cancer, compared to the women who ate the least fiber.

It wasn't until I entered the corporate world that I realized, for me at least, being friends with colleagues didn't emerge as a priority at all.

It's doubtful that a computer program can do that—at least, not without some undesirable results.

Many large institutions keep this kind of data secret—or at least make it incredibly difficult to find.

One should buy the policies to give the most protection at the least cost, ensure the right family members and consider the family's financial needs.

Perhaps the most dramatic example of the negative consequences of poor communication between scientists and the public is the issue of climate change, where a variety of factors, not the least of which is a breakdown in the transmission of fundamental cli

Problems surround the use of machines to spot deception, at least until it has been rigorously tested.

So what would a smug-free, or at least low-pollution, city be like?

Southern states without strong teachers' unions have schools at least as awful as those in union states.

Tennessee State's overall graduation rate is a tiny 39 percent, but at least it has a smaller gap between the outcomes for first-generation students and those of their peers.

The purpose of today's lecture, as you have seen from the title and the abstract, is to examine in more detail the problems facing small- and medium-sized enterprises which arise at least in part from having to adapt to rapid advances in technology.

The reason is that when carbon is priced, those emissions reductions that are least costly to implement will happen first.

The third element of love in Sternberg's theory is what he calls decision commitment, the decision that one is in a love relationship, the willingness to label it as such and the commitment to maintain that relationship at least for some period of time.

The trouble is, for many of the researchers who'd like to design systems to address these challenges, massive datasets for experimentation just don't exist—at least, not in formats that are accessible to academic researchers.

We believe that at least part of the problem lies in places other than the interaction between scientists and members of the media, and exists because for one thing we underestimate how difficult it is for scientists to communicate effectively with a dive

When people were encouraged to take at least three photos while they ate lunch, they were more immersed in their meals than those who weren't told to take photos.

While we didn't want to create any unnecessary panic, we did find some concerns that were troublesome, and we thought that parents or at least physicians should be aware of those potential risks.

Writing in the journal, the scientists describe how the storks from Germany were clearly affected by the presence of waste sites, with four out of six birds that survived for at least five months overwintering on rubbish dumps in northern Morocco, instead

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

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（数量）至少，不少于

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.

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（表示真实性或可能性）至少，*不济

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.

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（表示相对于不利条件或糟糕情形）起码，不管怎样

You use at least to indicate an advantage that exists in spite of the disadvantage or bad situation that has just been mentioned.

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（表示更正或改变自己刚说过的话）至少，起码

You use at least to indicate that you are correcting or changing something that you have just said.

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ADJ-SUPERL

*少的

You use the least to mean a smaller amount than anyone or anything else, or the smallest amount possible.

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PRON

Least is also a pronoun.

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ADV-SUPERL

（某一特性）*少，*缺

You use least to indicate that someone or something has less of a particular quality than most other things of its kind.

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ADJ-SUPERL

丝毫的；一丁点儿的

You use the least to emphasize the smallness of something, especially when it hardly exists at all.

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ADV-SUPERL

（程度）*小

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.

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ADJ-SUPERL

无足轻重的；微乎其微的

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.

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PRON

（应该做的）*少量，*低程度

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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丝毫；一点儿

You can use in the least and the least bit to emphasize a negative.

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*后不能不提；*后但同样重要的是

You use last but not least to say that the last person or thing to be mentioned is as important as all the others.

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（用于否定句后）（多者之中）尤其，尤数

You can use least of all after a negative statement to emphasize that it applies especially to the person or thing mentioned.

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（强调某一例证或原因）尤其是，特别是，相当重要地

You can use not least to emphasize a particularly important example or reason.

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轻则；往轻里说；客气点说

You can use to say the least to suggest that a situation is actually much more extreme or serious than you say it is.

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英汉词典释义

adj.

*小的, *少的

一点点

adv.

*少, *小

pron.

*小, *少量

英英词典释义

Adjective

1. 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;

2. minimal in magnitude;

3. having or being distinguished by diminutive size;

Adverb

1. used to form the superlative;