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
- lasted approximately an hour
- in just about a minute
- he's about 30 years old
- I've had about all I can stand
- we meet about once a month
- some forty people came
- weighs around a hundred pounds
- roughly $3,000
- holds 3 gallons, more or less
- 20 or so people were at the party
- to a small degree or extent
- his arguments were somewhat self-contradictory
- the children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other
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。