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 Conference is more or less over
  会议快结束了。
• I've more or less finished reading the book.
  我差不多已经把这本书全看完了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She more or less suggested I had stolen it.
  她或多或少地在暗示是我偷了。
• These food markets have more or less the same setup.
  几个菜市场的格局差不多。
• The contents are more or less the same.
  内容相仿佛。
• 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。