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

• These food markets have more or less the same setup.
  几个菜市场的格局差不多。
• It more or less gets the thumbs up from everyone.
  它多多少少得到了每个人的支持。
• I suspect that he is more or less involved in the affair.
  我猜他和这件事有点牵连。
• He more or less started the firm
  他基本上启动了公司的业务。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Roger's ideas had been more or less ignored.
  罗杰的想法差不多被忽视了。
• 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。