单词 | at least |
释义 | at leastat least a) LIMITnot less than a particular number or amount 不少于,至少,起码〔指数或量〕 It will take you at least 20 minutes to get there. 到那里至少要花20分钟。 He had at least £100,000 in savings. 他起码有10万英镑的存款。 at the (very) least (=not less than and probably much more than) 最起码 It would cost $1 million at the very least. 最起码要花100万美元。 b) GOOD POINT OR CHARACTERISTICeven if something better is not true or is not done 至少〔指尽管没有更好的情况〕 At least he didn’t lie to me. 至少他没跟我撒谎。 I don’t expect you to pay me, but you could at least cover my expenses. 我不指望你给我报酬,但你至少也得支付我的开销呀。 The house still needed a lot of work, but at least the kitchen was finished. 这房子还有不少活要干,但至少厨房已经完工了。 c) BUTused when you are correcting or changing something that you have just said 至少,起码〔用于纠正或改变刚说过的话〕 They all knew I was on their side. At least, that’s what they said. 他们都知道我站在他们这一边,至少他们是这么说的。 I made everything perfectly clear – or at least I thought I did. 我把一切都解释得很清楚了——至少我自己是这么认为的。 → at least at least1(1) |
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