Most is often considered to be the superlative form of much and many.
most 常被认为是 much 和 many 的最高级。
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[QUANT 数量词]大多数;大部分 You use
most to refer to the majority of a group of things or people or the largest part of something.
[QUANT of def-n]
[DET pl-n]
Most of the houses in the capital don't have piped water...
首都的大部分房屋没有自来水。
By stopping smoking you are undoing most of the damage smoking has caused...
通过戒烟可以消除吸烟造成的大部分危害。
Sadly, most of the house was destroyed by fire in 1828.
遗憾的是,这座房屋在1828年的火灾中大部分被烧毁。
- Most is also a determiner.
- Most is also a pronoun.
Seventeen civilians were hurt. Most are students who had been attending a twenty-first birthday party...
17名平民受伤,大部分是学生,在参加一个21岁生日聚会。
All of the rooms have private baths, and most have radios and TV.
所有房间都自带浴室,大部分房间有收音机和电视机。
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[ADJ-SUPERL 形容词最高级形式]最多的;最大量的 You use
the most to mean a larger amount than anyone or anything else, or the largest amount possible.
The President himself won the most votes...
总统本人获得最多选票。
The skippers get the most money, and after them the cooks...
船长拿到的钱最多,其次是厨师。
Tom had the most authority of all.
汤姆在所有人中威信最高。
- Most is also a pronoun.
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[ADV-SUPERL 副词最高级形式]尤其;最为 You use
most to indicate that something is true or happens to a greater degree or extent than anything else.
[ADV with v]
[PHR with v]
What she feared most was becoming like her mother...
她最怕的就是变得像她妈妈那样。
What they wanted most from the president was a leader who at least would try to educate the country.
他们对总统最大的期待是,至少他应尽力教诲国民。
...Professor Morris, the person he most hated.
莫里斯教授,他最憎恶的人
- You use most of all to indicate that something happens or is true to a greater extent than anything else.最大程度;最…
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[ADV-SUPERL 副词最高级形式]最;极其 You use
most to indicate that someone or something has a greater amount of a particular quality than most other things of its kind.
Her children had the best, most elaborate birthday parties in the neighborhood...
她的孩子们的生日聚会在街坊四邻里是最好、最讲究的。
He was one of the most influential performers of modern jazz...
他是现代爵士乐最有影响力的表演者之一。
If anything, swimming will appeal to her most strongly...
如果说有什么能强烈地吸引她,那就是游泳了。
Keeping pace with the litter during summer, when the park is most heavily used, is also a huge task.
夏季公园游人最多的时候,及时清扫废弃物也是一项艰巨的任务。
...the most junior of the New York Times music critics.
《纽约时报》最年轻的乐评人
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[ADV-SUPERL 副词最高级形式]最大限度地;最频繁地;最多地 If you do something
the most, you do it to the greatest extent possible or with the greatest frequency.
What question are you asked the most?...
你们被问及最多的问题是什么?
Inevitably those who suffer the most are the mothers and children...
妇女和儿童必然是最遭罪的。
Among the subjects for which the pass rate has risen the most are art and design, business studies, and music.
及格率提高最多的科目是艺术设计、商业研究和音乐。
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[ADV-SUPERL 副词最高级形式](在谈话中用于引起注意)最…,极其… You use
most in conversations when you want to draw someone's attention to something very interesting or important that you are about to say.
Most surprisingly, quite a few said they don't intend to vote at all...
最让人吃惊的是,相当多的人说他们根本不打算参加投票。
Most interestingly, they are demanding that a national working party on crimes against women and children be established.
最令人关注的是,他们要求针对侵害妇女和儿童的犯罪成立全国专案组。
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[ADV-SUPERL 副词最高级形式]十分;非常 You use
most to emphasize an adjective or adverb.
[ADV adj/adv]
[emphasis]
[FORMAL 正式]
Usage Note :
Note that you can say 'Most children love sweets', but you cannot say 'Most of children love sweets'. However, when a pronoun is used, you can say 'Most of them love sweets'.
注意可以说:Most children love sweets(大多数孩子爱吃糖果),但不能说Most of children love sweets;如果使用代词,则可以说 Most of them love sweets(他们大多数爱吃糖果)。
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[PHRASE 短语]至多;最多 You use
at most or
at the most to say that a number or amount is the maximum that is possible and that the actual number or amount may be smaller.
Poach the pears in apple juice for perhaps ten minutes at most.
把梨放入苹果汁中,最多煮10分钟左右。
...staying on at school for two extra years to study only three, or at the most four subjects...
在学校再多呆两年学习仅仅三门、至多四门课程
Many companies are expecting flat sales or at most a 1 to 2 percent increase over last year.
很多公司预计销售不会有大的起色,或者最多比去年增多1%或2%。
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[PHRASE 短语]尽量利用;充分利用 If you
make the most of something, you get the maximum use or advantage from it.
Happiness is the ability to make the most of what you have...
幸福就是有能力充分享受你拥有的一切。
Making the most of your hair means getting the cut and shape right.
让头发达到最佳效果意味着要修剪得当,并选择合适的发型。
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for the most part→see: part
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