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 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。
• They've more or less finished the job.
  这活儿他们大致干完了。
• She more or less suggested I had stolen it.
  她或多或少地在暗示是我偷了。
• The officers were more or less able to dictate terms to successive governments
  这些军官多多少少都能和继任的各届政府谈些条件。
• 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。
• 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。
• These food markets have more or less the same setup.
  几个菜市场的格局差不多。
• They've had their revenge more or less.
  他们总算出口气了。
• Everybody felt more or less thirsty.
  大家都感到有些渴。
• More or less. I'm not alone anymore.
  多多少少！我不孤单了。