音标：[li:st]
n. 最少, 最小, 最小限度
a. 最少的, 最小的
ad. 最小, 最少
相关词组:
not in the least
least of all
not least
at least
in the least
在线英汉词典
least的短语、例句：
least
indef det, indef pron (used as the superlative of little2 用作little2的最高级) smallest in size, amount, extent, etc 最小的; 最少的; 最小; 最少.
(a) (det)
He´s the best teacher even though he has the least experience. 他尽管经验最少, 但教得最好.
The least worry we have is about the weather. 我们最不担心的就是天气.
If you had only the least thought for others you would not have spoken out in that way. 你若稍为他人著想, 必不会那样说话. =>Usage at much 用法见much.
(b) (pron)
That´s the least of my anxieties. 那是我最不担心的.
It´s the least I can do to help. 这是我能帮忙做的最起码的事了.
She gave (the) least of all towards the wedding-present. 她给的结婚礼物最少. least, adv
1 to the smallest extent 最少; 最小
just when we least expected it 偏偏在我们最想不到的时候
He disliked many of his teachers and Miss Smith he liked (the) least. 很多老师他都不喜欢, 最不喜欢的是那个女教师史密斯.
She chose the least expensive of the hotels. 她选了一家最便宜的旅馆.
one of the least performed of Shakespeare´s plays 莎士比亚戏剧中演得最少的一出.
2 (idm 习语) at least
(a) if nothing else is true; at any rate 反正; 无论如何
She may be slow but at least she´s reliable. 她迟钝是迟钝, 但无论如何她很可靠.
(b) not less than 至少
at least 3 months, 3, 10 inches 至少3个月、 3英镑、 10英寸. ,least of `all to an insignificant degree 最不; 尤其
Nobody need worry, you least of all/least of all you. 谁也不必担心, 尤其是你.
Least of all would I lie to you. 我最犯不上对你撒谎了. ,not in the `least absolutely not; not at all 绝对不; 一点也不
It doesn´t matter in the least. 那绝对不要紧.
`Would you mind if I put the television on?´ `No, not in the least.´ ｀我开电视机影响你吗?＇｀一点都不影响.＇ not least especially; in particular 尤其是; 特别是
The film caused a lot of bad feeling, not least among the workers whose lives it described. 那影片招致许多人的反感, 尤其是工人不满其中对工人生活的描写. last but not least => last2.
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