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

• 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。
• Everybody felt more or less thirsty.
  大家都感到有些渴。
• 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。
• Production is more or less at a standstill.
  生产几乎处于停顿状态。
• They've more or less finished the job.
  这活儿他们大致干完了。
• I suspect that he is more or less involved in the affair.
  我猜他和这件事有点牵连。
• The Conference is more or less over
  会议快结束了。
• 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。
• More or less. I'm not alone anymore.
  多多少少！我不孤单了。