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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

  • 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。
  • They've had their revenge more or less.
    他们总算出口气了。
  • 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。
  • 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?
  • The Conference is more or less over
    会议快结束了。
  • 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。
  • What you have done will more or less be helpful to us.
    你所做的一切或多或少将对我们有帮助。
  • These food markets have more or less the same setup.
    几个菜市场的格局差不多。
  • 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。
  • 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。