英语词汇“at most”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. elliptical (adv.phr.) = taken at best, at most, at least, etc.

ΚΠ

a1661 T. Fuller Life H. Smith in H. Smith Serm. (1675) sig. A4 Wholly concealed, or at the best uncertain.

1775 R. B. Sheridan in London Rev. Eng. & Foreign Lit. Feb. 141 At least double the length of any acting comedy.

1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I cxvi. 61 You..have been, At best, no better than a go-between.

1882 Proctor in Knowledge No. 41. 178 Two, or at the outside, three miles.

b. at (the) most: as the greatest amount, as the best possible; on the highest or most generous estimate.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > a great quantity, amount, or degree [phrase] > at (very) most

at (the) mostc1300

at the largea1398

at uttermost1530

at the utmost (at utmost)1619

at the outside1852

c1300 St. Brendan (Harl.) (1844) 31 (MED) Ther thu schalt fourti dayes bileve atte meste.

a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) v. 947 He spak inough, for o day at the meeste.

1453 in J. P. Collier Trevelyan Papers (1857) 25 (MED) If the chaplen dy, elec another honest man..within foure monethis at the most.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. xxx. C A thousand of you shal fle for one, or at the most for fyue.

1594 H. Plat Diuerse Sorts of Soyle 47 in Jewell House That salt, whereof the Peter men doo gather a bushell or two at the most, from thirty tunnes of earth.

1606 in J. Stuart Sel. Rec. Kirk Aberdeen (1846) 54 Fyve or sex at the maist of the speciall freyndis of the defunct.

1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 196 One degree of Longitude under the thirty seventh degree of Latitude,..consists but of fifty minutes at the most.

1756 F. Brooke Old Maid No. 30. 177 After these entered a tall child, at most but in her thirteenth year.

1794 J. Anderson Peat Moss 39 Each of which is of a size just as much as one or at most two men have cut out in a day.

a1854 E. Grant Mem. Highland Lady (1988) II. xix. 48 Two, or at the most three, instruments sufficed for band.

1885 Law Times 79 38/1 The duty of the magistrate should be at most ancillary to that of the doctor.

1909 G. M. R. Levinsen Cheilostomatous Bryozoa 46 Heterozoœcia.., which have no intestinal canal, and at most have a trace of a polypide in a small cell-body.

1953 A. C. Clarke Prelude to Space (rev. ed.) xxii. 115 If..there's a last-minute hold-up, launching will be delayed.., at the most, thirty-six hours.

1987 C. Tomalin Katherine Mansfield xiii. 179 She had at most four years to live if she did not follow this advice.

单词	at most
释义	> as lemmas at most c. elliptical (adv.phr.) = taken at best, at most, at least, etc. ΚΠ a1661 T. Fuller Life H. Smith in H. Smith Serm. (1675) sig. A4 Wholly concealed, or at the best uncertain. 1775 R. B. Sheridan in London Rev. Eng. & Foreign Lit. Feb. 141 At least double the length of any acting comedy. 1819 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto I cxvi. 61 You..have been, At best, no better than a go-between. 1882 Proctor in Knowledge No. 41. 178 Two, or at the outside, three miles. extracted from atprep. at (the) most b. at (the) most: as the greatest amount, as the best possible; on the highest or most generous estimate. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > a great quantity, amount, or degree [phrase] > at (very) most at (the) mostc1300 at the largea1398 at uttermost1530 at the utmost (at utmost)1619 at the outside1852 c1300 St. Brendan (Harl.) (1844) 31 (MED) Ther thu schalt fourti dayes bileve atte meste. a1425 (c1385) G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde (1987) v. 947 He spak inough, for o day at the meeste. 1453 in J. P. Collier Trevelyan Papers (1857) 25 (MED) If the chaplen dy, elec another honest man..within foure monethis at the most. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. xxx. C A thousand of you shal fle for one, or at the most for fyue. 1594 H. Plat Diuerse Sorts of Soyle 47 in Jewell House That salt, whereof the Peter men doo gather a bushell or two at the most, from thirty tunnes of earth. 1606 in J. Stuart Sel. Rec. Kirk Aberdeen (1846) 54 Fyve or sex at the maist of the speciall freyndis of the defunct. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors 196 One degree of Longitude under the thirty seventh degree of Latitude,..consists but of fifty minutes at the most. 1756 F. Brooke Old Maid No. 30. 177 After these entered a tall child, at most but in her thirteenth year. 1794 J. Anderson Peat Moss 39 Each of which is of a size just as much as one or at most two men have cut out in a day. a1854 E. Grant Mem. Highland Lady (1988) II. xix. 48 Two, or at the most three, instruments sufficed for band. 1885 Law Times 79 38/1 The duty of the magistrate should be at most ancillary to that of the doctor. 1909 G. M. R. Levinsen Cheilostomatous Bryozoa 46 Heterozoœcia.., which have no intestinal canal, and at most have a trace of a polypide in a small cell-body. 1953 A. C. Clarke Prelude to Space (rev. ed.) xxii. 115 If..there's a last-minute hold-up, launching will be delayed.., at the most, thirty-six hours. 1987 C. Tomalin Katherine Mansfield xiii. 179 She had at most four years to live if she did not follow this advice. extracted from mostadj.pron.n.adv. < as lemmas
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