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

• 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。
• Roger's ideas had been more or less ignored.
  罗杰的想法差不多被忽视了。
• He more or less started the firm
  他基本上启动了公司的业务。
• 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。
• 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。
• The author can report other people's results which more or less agree with hers.
  作者可以提及其他人得出的和她自己基本吻合的结果。
• 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？
• He more or less railroaded the rest of Europe into recognising the new 'independent' states
  他几乎是迫使着其他欧洲国家承认了那些新兴的“独立”国家。
• 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。
• More or less they felt tired.
  或多或少，他们感到累了。