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
- lasted approximately an hour
- in just about a minute
- he's about 30 years old
- I've had about all I can stand
- we meet about once a month
- some forty people came
- weighs around a hundred pounds
- roughly $3,000
- holds 3 gallons, more or less
- 20 or so people were at the party
- to a small degree or extent
- his arguments were somewhat self-contradictory
- the children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other
双语例句
- The cattle disease occurs more or less anywhere in Africa where the fly occurs
在非洲凡是有这种蝇虫的地方,几乎都会出现这一牛病。 - It is now more or less settled.
现在这件事差不多定下来了。 - The fine they gave her is just more or less a slap on the wrist.
他们对她开出的罚金不过是一个轻微的警告而已。 - She more or less suggested I had stolen it.
她或多或少地在暗示是我偷了。 - 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。 - In investing money some people go for more or less assured dividends, others for capital increase.
拿钱投资,有的人打算得到多少有点保障的股息,有的人则为了增加资本。 - I suspect that he is more or less involved in the affair.
我猜他和这件事有点牵连。 - Has racing become more or less interesting for you?
比赛对你来说是更有趣了还是无聊了? - They've had their revenge more or less.
他们总算出口气了。 - We decided, more or less on a whim, to sail to Morocco
我们多少有点心血来潮,决定航海去摩洛哥。