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 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。
• He more or less started the firm
  他基本上启动了公司的业务。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I suspect that he is more or less involved in the affair.
  我猜他和这件事有点牵连。
• 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。