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PHRASE
（數量）至少，不少于
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.
例句
...a dinner menu featuring at least 15 different sorts of fish...
至少列有15道不同做法的魚的菜單
Aim to have at least half a pint of milk each day...
目標是每天至少喝半品脫的牛奶。
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PHRASE
（表示真實性或可能性）至少，最不濟
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.
例句
She could take a nice holiday at least...
最不濟她也可以去過一個愉快的假期。
He is at least content that there will be no immediate use of force...
至少他對不會即時使用暴力感到滿意。
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PHRASE
（表示相對于不利條件或糟糕情形）起碼，不管怎樣
You use at least to indicate an advantage that exists in spite of the disadvantage or bad situation that has just been mentioned.
例句
We've no idea what his state of health is but at least we know he is still alive...
我們不清楚他的健康情況如何，但起碼知道他仍然活著。
If something awful happens to you at least you can write about it.
如果你遭遇了不幸，至少你有東西可寫。
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PHRASE
（表示更正或改變自己剛說過的話）至少，起碼
You use at least to indicate that you are correcting or changing something that you have just said.
例句
It's not difficult to get money for research or at least it's not always difficult...
爭取到研究資金并不難，起碼不總是那么難。
The police say his death was an accident, officially at least...
警方說他的死是個意外，起碼官方消息如此。
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ADJ-SUPERL
最少的
You use the least to mean a smaller amount than anyone or anything else, or the smallest amount possible.
例句
I try to offend the least amount of people possible...
我盡量少得罪人。
If you like cheese, go for the ones with the least fat.
要是喜歡吃奶酪，就吃脂肪含量最少的。
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PRON
Least is also a pronoun.
例句
On education funding, Japan performs best but spends the least per student.
在教育投資方面，日本花在每位學生身上的錢最少，但卻做得最好。
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ADV-SUPERL
（某一特性）最少，最缺
You use least to indicate that someone or something has less of a particular quality than most other things of its kind.
例句
The least experienced athletes had caused a great many false-starts through the day's proceedings...
那天的比賽中，經驗最淺的運動員搶跑無數次。
He was one of the least warm human beings I had ever met.
他是我見過的最冷漠的人之一。
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ADJ-SUPERL
絲毫的；一丁點兒的
You use the least to emphasize the smallness of something, especially when it hardly exists at all.
例句
I don't have the least idea of what you're talking about...
我一點兒都不知道你在說什么。
They neglect their duty at the least hint of fun elsewhere...
別處哪怕發生一丁點兒樂事，他們便會忘記自己的職責。
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ADV-SUPERL
（程度）最小
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.
例句
He had a way of throwing her off guard with his charm when she least expected it.
他往往趁她最沒有心理準備時發動魅力攻勢，令她措手不及。
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ADJ-SUPERL
無足輕重的；微乎其微的
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.
例句
Having to get up at three o'clock every morning was the least of her worries...
她發愁的事多著呢，相比之下，每天早上3點就要起床根本就不算什么。
Although three days isn't very long, shortage of time was the least of his problems...
雖然3天時間不算長，但對他來說，這已經是最不成問題的問題了。
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PRON
（應該做的）最少量，最低程度
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.
例句
Well, the least you can do, if you won't help me yourself, is to tell me where to go instead...
你自己要是不幫我，好歹也告訴我該上哪兒去呀。
The least they could have given me was half a day to rest...
他們本應該起碼給我半天時間休息。
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PHRASE
絲毫；一點兒
You can use in the least and the least bit to emphasize a negative.
例句
I'm not like that at all. Not in the least...
我哪里是那種人。絕對不是。
I'm not in the least bit touched by the Marilyn Monroe kind of beauty...
我對瑪麗蓮·夢露那種美一點兒都不動心。
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PHRASE
最后不能不提；最后但同樣重要的是
You use last but not least to say that the last person or thing to be mentioned is as important as all the others.
例句
...her four sons, Christopher, twins Daniel and Nicholas, and last but not least 2-year-old Jack.
她的4個兒子，克里斯托弗、雙胞胎丹尼爾和尼古拉斯，還有不能不提的兩歲大的杰克
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PHRASE
（用于否定句后）（多者之中）尤其，尤數
You can use least of all after a negative statement to emphasize that it applies especially to the person or thing mentioned.
例句
No one ever reads these articles, least of all me...
從沒有人讀這些文章，我就更不用說了。
Such a speech should never have been made, least of all by a so-called responsible politician.
這種話本來就不應該說，尤其是不應出自一個所謂負責任的政客之口。
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PHRASE
（強調某一例證或原因）尤其是，特別是，相當重要地
You can use not least to emphasize a particularly important example or reason.
例句
Dieting can be bad for you, not least because it is a cause of stress...
節食可能不利于健康，相當重要的原因是它會引起精神壓力。
Everyone is more reluctant to travel these days, not least the Americans.
這段時間大家都減少了出游的欲望，美國人尤其如此。
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PHRASE
輕則；往輕里說；客氣點說
You can use to say the least to suggest that a situation is actually much more extreme or serious than you say it is.
例句
Accommodation was basic to say the least...
往輕里說是住宿條件簡陋。
Some members of the public can be a bit abusive to say the least.
有些民眾客氣點說是嘴里不大干凈。