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

• 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。
• 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。
• I suspect that he is more or less involved in the affair.
  我猜他和这件事有点牵连。
• These food markets have more or less the same setup.
  几个菜市场的格局差不多。
• For many, there is a more or less unwritten code here.
  对多数人来说，这里或多或少有个约定俗成的文法。
• 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。
• They've more or less finished the job.
  这活儿他们大致干完了。
• Everybody felt more or less thirsty.
  大家都感到有些渴。
• 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。