词汇 | least |
释义 | least adverb, determiner, pronoun uk /liːst/ us /liːst/ B1 less than anything or anyone else; the smallest amount or number: 最少;最小 This group is the least likely of the four to win.该组在4个小组当中获胜的可能性最小。 Disaster struck when we least expected it.在我们最麻痹大意的时候,灾难不期而至。 It was the answer she least wanted to hear.那是她最不愿听到的回答。 I like the green one least of all.我最不喜欢绿色的那一个。 He's the relative I like (the) least.他是我最不喜欢的亲戚。 No one believed her, least of all(= especially not) the police.没有人相信她,更不用说警察了。 They refused to admit her, not least because (= there were several reasons but this was an important one) she didn't have her membership card with her.他们不让她进的一个重要原因是她没有带会员卡。 That must be the colour I like least in the whole world! If I only had one course and no drinks, I ought to pay least, surely? Marilyn is the least vain person I know - she's convinced she's ugly! Which of these outfits do you think cost least? Michael, you hardly got any notes right - it's easy to see which of you three has practised least this week. Maximum and minimum (at) full steamidiom (at) full stretchidiom at capacity at leastidiom bare credit limit flat chat flat outphrase give a hundred percentidiom limit mass maximal maximally maximum min. minimum outside peak percent the full monty GrammarLeast, the least, at least We use the quantifier least to talk about quantities, amounts and degree. (The) least is the superlative form of little. … Idiomsat least it's the least I can do the least someone can/could do least said soonest mended not in the least not the least least | American Dictionaryleast adjective, adverb, pronoun us/list/ less than anything or anyone else; (of) the smallest amount or number; superlative oflittle : I’m not the least bit concerned. That’s the answer I least wanted to hear. Which car costs the least? Idiomsat least least of all the least someone can do Examples of leastleast In 2000, which crop used the greatest acreage and the least? Participants who reported aspirin use at least once a week for one year were classified as regular aspirin users. The study design should include pre- and post-exposure testing of liver and thyroid function in at least a sample of the cohort. Excess food and fecal material should be removed from the bottom of the tanks at least twice a week by siphoning. Each of the proteolysis experiments was performed at least three times, with similar results. Each of the vesicle co-sedimentation experiments was performed at least three times, with similar results. Any peptide giving readings at least twice the background was considered a positive. The same is likely to be true in at least some patients with type 1 diabetes, and in patients in the pre-diabetic phase. At least 20 infected macrophages were examined at each time point. Experiments were repeated at least once to confirm the fluorescence patterns. At the same time, there are at least four categories of benefits. Such utility or any subsidiary of the utility's holding company owns oroperates at least one affected unit. Thus, there are at least 32 identified genetic loci required for viability or fertility in the centric heterochromatin. Genes that were present in at least 75% of samples (10,037 genes) were used for further analysis. First, every node of interest must be present in at least one comparison. See all examples of least These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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