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least

/leest/US // list //UK // (liːst) //

至少,最少,最少的,至少是

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    a superlative of little, with less or lesser as comparative.

    • : smallest in size, amount, degree, etc.; slightest: He gave the least amount of money of anyone.
    • : lowest in consideration, position, or importance.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : something that is least; the least amount, quantity, degree, etc.
    • : South Midland U.S. the youngest in a family or group.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1

    superlative of little, with less as comparative.

    • : to the smallest extent, amount, or degree: That's the least important question of all. He talks least.

Phrases

  • least of all
  • least resistance, line of
  • at least
  • in the least
  • last but not least
  • to say the least

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.slightest, smallest
Forms: leasts

Examples

  • To be fair, this is one of the least-insulting comparisons Watters could have made.

  • The Mosel region is arguably the most storied, least-understood wine region in the world.

  • He has one of the least-lined faces of anyone I have ever met.

  • The New York/New Jersey/Long Island metropolitan region is the fourth-least-equal U.S. metro region, according to one study.

  • When you're among the least-prepared students in the class, you're likely to struggle.

  • I assure you I am very sorry for critics all round,they are the least-regarded and worst-rewarded of all the literary community.

  • These eight little volumes will always remain Borrow's least-read books.

  • On Alaska alone, the least-known section of the Pacific coast, there is a bibliographical list of four thousand.

  • So far Maui had the luck which so commonly attends the youngest and least-considered child in folklore and mythology.

  • Least-wise, he would rot in a sewer near a busy bus stop replete with all the dronings of archaic feet.