adj. (little 的最高级,比较级为 less 或 lesser) 1.最小的,最少的 (opp. most)。 2.最不重要的,地位最低的。 3.〔美方〕年纪最小的;(动、植物)最小种类的。 短语和例子 the least distance 最小的距离。 the least number 最小数。 the least squares 【数学】最小平方,最小二乘方。 the last but not the least 最后的但并非最不重要的。 sb.'s least one 某人最小的孩子。 adv. 最小,最少。 the least angry man 丝毫没有脾气的人。 Young people are the least conservative. 青年人最不保守。 least of all 尤其是,最不 (I like that least of all. 我最不爱那个)。 not the least 1. (最小的)一点…也没有 (There is not the least wind today. 今天一点风也没有)。 2.〔强调 not〕不少,非常,很 (There's not the least danger. 危险可不少呢)。 n. 最小,最少,最少量,最小限度。 Of two evils, the least should be taken. 两害相权取其轻。 That's the least of my anxieties. 那是我最不担心的。 at (the) least 至少,起码 (The trip will take three days at least. 这一趟旅行最少得走三天)。 at the very least 〔用以加强语气〕= at (the) least. in the least 一点,丝毫。 not in the least 一点也不 (I am not in the least afraid of it. 那我一点也不怕)。 The least said, the soonest mended = Least said, soonest mended; The least said the better. 〔谚语〕话越少越好。 to say the least (of it) 至少可以这样说,退一步讲。