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

• The author can report other people's results which more or less agree with hers.
  作者可以提及其他人得出的和她自己基本吻合的结果。
• He more or less railroaded the rest of Europe into recognising the new 'independent' states
  他几乎是迫使着其他欧洲国家承认了那些新兴的“独立”国家。
• He more or less started the firm
  他基本上启动了公司的业务。
• What you have done will more or less be helpful to us.
  你所做的一切或多或少将对我们有帮助。
• They've more or less finished the job.
  这活儿他们大致干完了。
• It more or less gets the thumbs up from everyone.
  它多多少少得到了每个人的支持。
• They've had their revenge more or less.
  他们总算出口气了。
• I suspect that he is more or less involved in the affair.
  我猜他和这件事有点牵连。
• I've more or less finished reading the book.
  我差不多已经把这本书全看完了。
• The contents are more or less the same.
  内容相仿佛。