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 officers were more or less able to dictate terms to successive governments
  这些军官多多少少都能和继任的各届政府谈些条件。
• It is now more or less settled.
  现在这件事差不多定下来了。
• Roger's ideas had been more or less ignored.
  罗杰的想法差不多被忽视了。
• Everybody felt more or less thirsty.
  大家都感到有些渴。
• 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。
• Has racing become more or less interesting for you?
  比赛对你来说是更有趣了还是无聊了？
• They've more or less finished the job.
  这活儿他们大致干完了。
• The cattle disease occurs more or less anywhere in Africa where the fly occurs
  在非洲凡是有这种蝇虫的地方，几乎都会出现这一牛病。
• 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 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。