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

• 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。
• They've more or less finished the job.
  这活儿他们大致干完了。
• 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。
• Production is more or less at a standstill.
  生产几乎处于停顿状态。
• Each of us have seen movies, and these movies more or less affect us.
  我们每个人都看过电影，这些电影或多或少地影响了我们。
• She started off by accusing him of blackmail but he more or less ignored her
  她先是指控他勒索，但他几乎不理睬她。
• These food markets have more or less the same setup.
  几个菜市场的格局差不多。
• I've more or less finished reading the book.
  我差不多已经把这本书全看完了。
• I suspect that he is more or less involved in the affair.
  我猜他和这件事有点牵连。
• The Conference is more or less over
  会议快结束了。