least是什么意思_least怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

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;"didn"t care the least bit"
"he has the least talent of anyone"

Adverb:

used to form the superlative;"The garter snake is the least dangerous snake"

中英词源

least 最少的

来自古英语laesest,最小的，less的最高级。

least: least: [OE] In origin, least is simply the superlative form of less. The prehistoric Germanic ancestor of less was *laisiz (itself a comparative form). Addition of the superlative suffix produced *laisistaz, which passed into Old English as lǣsest. Unchanged, this would have become in modern English *lessest, but it was contracted in the Old English period to lǣst, and so modern English has least.
=> less
least (adj.): Old English læst, earlier læsest "smallest" (superlative of lytel "small"), from Proto-Germanic superlative *laisistaz (see less). Qualifying phrase at least is Middle English æt læstan. As a noun, from early 12c.; as an adverb, c. 1200.

词态变化

权威造句

1. Try to eat at least four slices of bread a day.: 每天尽量至少吃4片面包。

2. He is the least appealing character, to me at any rate.: 他是其中最没有吸引力的角色，至少对我来说是这样。

3. At least three British golf courses are now owned by the Japanese.: 现在英国至少有3家高尔夫球场为日本人所有。

4. At least this second meeting had helped to thaw the atmosphere.: 这第二次会议至少起到了缓和气氛的作用。

5. I don"t have the least idea of what you"re talking about.: 我一点儿都不知道你在说什么。

近反义词

minimum 最少的

smallest 最小的

fewest 形容词few的最高级...

most 最多的

iota 极微小

jot 少量

modicum 少量

smidgen 少量

speck 斑点

slightest 最少的

相似短语

in the least adv.丝毫

not least 在一定程度上, 相当重要地不限于, 不只是; 尤其不在少数不少于

the least n.最少

at least 至少,起码,无论如何

not in the least 一点也不,丝毫不,决不

not the least 丝毫没有

at the least 至少, 起码, 无论如何

least resistance 最小阻力

not the least of which 又不算是最不用考虑到的是...=> 一个重要弱点是...（重要的一条是……）

to the least extent 极少地, 最低地

单词分析

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