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more or less

英 [mɔː(r) ɔː(r) les]

美 [mɔːr ɔːr les]

或多或少;大概;几乎

英英释义

adv

  • (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
    1. lasted approximately an hour
    2. in just about a minute
    3. he's about 30 years old
    4. I've had about all I can stand
    5. we meet about once a month
    6. some forty people came
    7. weighs around a hundred pounds
    8. roughly $3,000
    9. holds 3 gallons, more or less
    10. 20 or so people were at the party
    Synonym:approximatelyaboutclose tojust aboutsomeroughlyaroundor so
  • to a small degree or extent
    1. his arguments were somewhat self-contradictory
    2. the children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other
    Synonym:slightlysomewhat

双语例句

  • They've more or less finished the job.
    这活儿他们大致干完了。
  • It is now more or less settled.
    现在这件事差不多定下来了。
  • Everybody felt more or less thirsty.
    大家都感到有些渴。
  • For many, there is a more or less unwritten code here.
    对多数人来说,这里或多或少有个约定俗成的文法。
  • Each of us have seen movies, and these movies more or less affect us.
    我们每个人都看过电影,这些电影或多或少地影响了我们。
  • These food markets have more or less the same setup.
    几个菜市场的格局差不多。
  • I was meeting these chaps who were mostly more or less my own age.
    我见到了这帮小伙子,他们多数和我年龄相仿。
  • She started off by accusing him of blackmail but he more or less ignored her
    她先是指控他勒索,但他几乎不理睬她。
  • They swayed back and forth, more or less in sync with the music.
    他们来回摇摆,基本上与音乐同步。
  • She more or less suggested I had stolen it.
    她或多或少地在暗示是我偷了。