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best EXCELLENTbestn [U]the most excellent in a group of things or people最好的人或东西My tastes are simple --I only like the best.我的品味很简单----我只喜欢最好的。He wanted the best for his children--good schools, a nice house and trips abroad.他想为孩子们准备最好的一切----上好学校，一幢漂亮房子，还有去国外旅行。I like all of Hitchcock's films, but I think "Notorious" is the best.我喜欢希区柯克所有的电影，不过我认为《臭名昭著》是最棒的一部。All the singers were good, but Maria was easily the best.所有的歌手都不错，可玛利亚显然是最好的。Chris and I are the best of friends (= We are very close friends).克里斯和我是最好的朋友。I'm sorry that this isn't a very nice room, but it's the best (= the most pleasant) I could get.很抱歉这间房间恐怕不够好，不过这是我能提供的最好的一间了。My essay isn't great, but it's the best I could do in the time available.我的作文可能不够好，可这是我在规定时间内能完成的最好的一篇了。(infml) If you are saying goodbye to someone whom you will not see for a long time, you can say all the best! to wish them a happy and successful future.再见，祝一切顺利！The food was bland at best (= even considering it as kindly as possible), and at worst completely inedible.这种食物美而言之是没什么刺激性，丑而言之则根本不能吃。The documentary was an example of investigative journalism at its best (= at the highest standard achievable).这部纪录片是调查性质的新闻报道的范例。I'm not at my best (= I am not very active or intelligent) in the morning.上午我不是处在最佳状态。Our car doesn't go fast even at the best of times (= even when everything is going well), but today it's incredibly slow.即使在最佳条件下我们这辆车也开不快，今天则更是慢得让人难以置信。There was wonderful food, good company, and best of all (= the most pleasing thing was) a jazz band.那儿有丰盛的食物，热情的伙伴，最棒的是还有一个爵士乐队。Best of luck is an expression used to wish someone success before an exam or an activity which might be difficult or cause problems.祝你好运Best of luck with your exams!祝你考试好运！We would like to wish you the (very) best of luck with your move to the States.我们祝你到美国之后交好运。If you like skiing and swimming, the island allows you to enjoy the best of both worlds (= the advantages of two very different things).如果你既喜欢滑雪又喜欢游泳，去岛上能让你两全其美。In a sport such as tennis, if you play the best of a particular number of games, you play that number of games and the winner is the player who wins the greatest number of those games.数场比赛中的大部分胜利Shall we play the best of five?我们打五局三胜好吗?To do/try your (level/very) best is to make the greatest effort possible.尽力It doesn't matter if you fail, just do your best.即使失败也没关系，只要你尽了力就行。If you have had the best of something, you have enjoyed the most pleasant part of it, and everything that remains is worse.享受最佳部分I think we've already had the best of the hot weather this summer.我想我们已经度过今年夏天最热的日子。If you make the best of something/(Br) make the best of a bad job/(Am) make the best of a bad situation, you make an unsatisfactory situation as pleasant as possible.尽力把损失减到最小We'll have to spend the night in this awful place, so we might as well make the best of it.我们得在这鬼地方住一夜，所以还是将就一点吧。If an action is for the best, it is done to improve a situation or produce a good result, although it might seem unpleasant at the time.（虽然看似不尽然，实际是）出于好意I know it's hard for you to leave Michael, but it's for the best.我知道要你离开迈克尔很难，可我是出于一片好心。If something turns out/is all for the best, it has a good result despite seeming bad at the time.（虽说初时不妙，）最终圆满了结Failing my exams was awful, but it all turned out for the best because I managed to get a job almost immediately.考试不及格虽然令我难受，可是塞翁失马，焉知非福，我很快就找到一份工作。Just do the work to the best of your ability (= as well as you can).只要你尽力做就行了。He's arriving tomorrow, to the best of my knowledge (= I believe that this is true from the information available).据我所知，他明天能到。He can dance with the best of them (= as well as anyone).他舞跳得不比他们任何人差。"Grow old along with me! / The best is yet to be"(Robert Browning in the poem Rabbi Ben Ezra, 1864)“和我一起变老！/最美好的时刻还未来临”（选自罗伯特·布朗宁的诗《拉比·本·埃兹拉》）"All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds" (from Voltaire's novel Candide, 1759)“任何世界都有一个圆满的结局”（选自伏尔泰的小说《坎迪德》）
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