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 fine they gave her is just more or less a slap on the wrist.
  他们对她开出的罚金不过是一个轻微的警告而已。
• 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。
• It is now more or less settled.
  现在这件事差不多定下来了。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• We decided, more or less on a whim, to sail to Morocco
  我们多少有点心血来潮，决定航海去摩洛哥。
• Everybody felt more or less thirsty.
  大家都感到有些渴。
• These food markets have more or less the same setup.
  几个菜市场的格局差不多。