单词 | worse-case |
释义 | > as lemmasworse-case worse-case adj. that is or relates to the worse of two possibilities.worst-case is the more usual term: see worst adj. and n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1962 Nucl. Sci. Abstr. 16 696/1 A test was carried out to check the Automatic Data Logging and Computing System... The following tests were performed with satisfactory results: the ‘all commands’, ‘memory worse case pattern’, and ‘all characters—typewriters and IBM card punch’. 1976 Interfaces 6 75 This would certainly be a worse-case situation. 1985 Harper's Mag. Jan. 68/2 It was obviously the worse-case method of going about the task. 1991 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 27 June 48/3 Both base their war plans on ‘worse-case’ assessments—they assume the other side would mount the most powerful and effective attack of which it was capable. 2013 Wall St. Jrnl. 19 Feb. d4/4 A fixed approach to diagnosis that focuses on a patient's chief complaint and ruling out the worse-case scenario. < as lemmas |
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