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；最轻微地
• n.最小；最少

词源解说

• 直接源自古英语的laest，意为最小的。

同根派生

• adv性质的同根词

  leastwise：无论如何，至少。

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用法辨析

adj. (形容词)

• least是形容词little的最高级形式,基本意思是“最小的,最少的”,指某物在数量或体积上处于最小的状态。有时含有“即使最小的,哪怕最少的”的意思。
• least在句中主要用作定语,偶尔也可用作表语。
• least须与定冠词连用,用作定语时,多修饰不可数名词。

adv. (副词)

• least用作副词时的意思是“最少,最小”,指某事已经达到了最低限度。
• least可以修饰动词或形容词,修饰动词时一般不加冠词。
• at least有时也可说成at the least,但前者较为普通,意思是“至少”,可以表示数量,也可以表示程度,有时也可用来表示埋怨情绪,可译为“至少应该”。
• least of all意为“尤其”,通常用于否定句,当least of all用于句首时,须取倒装语序;当least of all放在句中时,可以省去相应的谓语动词。
• not in the least中的in有时可以省略,但很少见。

n. (名词)

• least用作名词时的意思是“最少量”,是不可数名词,常与定冠词the连用。

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英汉例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语: ～+ n.

• He's the best teacher even though he has the least experience.
  尽管他经验最少,但教得最好。

用作表语: S+be+～

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

用作副词 (adv.)

用作状语

• He disliked many of his teachers and Miss Smith he liked least.
  很多教师他都不喜欢,最不喜欢的是那个叫史密斯的女教师。

用作名词 (n.)

• He did the least of the work and got the most of the money.
  他干活最少,拿钱却最多。

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词组短语

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

• least chance 一点机会也没有
• least experience 经验最少
• least interest 最不感兴趣
• least money 最少的钱
• least noise 最小的声音

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

• 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

能源科学技术

• 最小的

经济学

• 最少的