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minimum adj.最少的；最低程度的n.最低限度；最小量 (1) 这是完善循环的最低限度人数。(2) 最低工价为每小时四点二五美元。(3) 修理你的汽车最低限度要100美元。(4) 这个班最低限度要六个学生才可以继续办下去。(5) 把一切巩固到最低限度的最小量。(6) 吃的时候，我也要保持在最小量。 Minimum is Latin for smallest, so clearly English speakers have done less than the minimum amount of messing with the meaning of this word. Obviously, the opposite is maximum. At minimum, you should know that the word means the smallest limit of something. At most, you should be able to talk about its Latin roots.

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英 ['mɪnɪməm] 美 ['mɪnɪməm] (1) That is the minimum number necessary to complete the circuit.(2) The minimum wage is 4.25 dollars an hour.(3) Repairing your car will cost a minimum of 100 dollars.(4) The class needs a minimum of 6 pupils to continue.(5) Consolidate everything to the bare minimum.(6) And when I did, I tried to keep it to a minimum. The minimum is the lowest or smallest amount possible or acceptable. If you do the minimum amount of work at your job, you might not get fired — but you definitely won't get promoted. 1[ADJ 形容词]最小的；最低限度的 You use minimum to describe an amount which is the smallest that is possible, allowed, or required.   [ADJ n]  [a N of n]He was only five feet nine, the minimum height for a policeman.他只有5英尺9英寸高，刚刚达到当警察的最低身高要求。...a rise in the minimum wage.最低工资的提高Minimum is also a noun.This will take a minimum of one hour...这至少要花去一个小时。Four foot should be seen as an absolute minimum.绝对不能比4英尺再少了。2[ADJ 形容词](数量)极少的 You use minimum to state how  small an amount is.   [ADJ n]The basic needs of life are available with minimum effort...稍加努力就能满足生活的基本需求。Neil and Chris try to spend the minimum amount of time on the garden.尼尔与克里斯想尽可能少花时间打理花园。Minimum is also a noun.With a minimum of fuss, she produced the grandson he had so desperately wished for.没经过多少忙乱，她就生了一个他做梦都想要的孙子。3[ADV 副词]最低；至少 If you say that something is a particular amount minimum, you mean that this is the smallest amount it should be or could possibly be, although a larger amount is acceptable or very possible.   [amount ADV]You're talking over a thousand pounds minimum for one course.你说的可是一门课程收费至少1,000英镑。4[PHRASE 短语]至少；最小 You use at a minimum, or at the minimum, when you want to indicate that something is the very least which could or should happen.   [amount PHR]This would take three months at a minimum...这至少要3个月。At the minimum, they must be guaranteed against any form of further attack.至少要保证他们不再受到任何形式的攻击。5[PHRASE 短语]尽可能少的数量；最低限度 If you say that someone keeps something to a minimum, or to the minimum, you mean that they keep the amount of it as small as possible.   [PHR after v]Office machinery is kept to a minimum...办公室的机器数量维持在最低限度。She has now cut her teaching hours to the minimum.她现在已经把她的教学时间减至最低限度。

英语单词	minimum
英美音标	英 ['mɪnɪməm] 美 ['mɪnɪməm]
中文释义	adj.最少的；最低程度的 n.最低限度；最小量
英语例句	(1) That is the minimum number necessary to complete the circuit. (2) The minimum wage is 4.25 dollars an hour. (3) Repairing your car will cost a minimum of 100 dollars. (4) The class needs a minimum of 6 pupils to continue. (5) Consolidate everything to the bare minimum. (6) And when I did, I tried to keep it to a minimum.
中文例句	(1) 这是完善循环的最低限度人数。 (2) 最低工价为每小时四点二五美元。 (3) 修理你的汽车最低限度要100美元。 (4) 这个班最低限度要六个学生才可以继续办下去。 (5) 把一切巩固到最低限度的最小量。 (6) 吃的时候，我也要保持在最小量。
vocabulary简明	The minimum is the lowest or smallest amount possible or acceptable. If you do the minimum amount of work at your job, you might not get fired — but you definitely won't get promoted.
vocabulary扩展	Minimum is Latin for smallest, so clearly English speakers have done less than the minimum amount of messing with the meaning of this word. Obviously, the opposite is maximum. At minimum, you should know that the word means the smallest limit of something. At most, you should be able to talk about its Latin roots.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ 形容词]最小的；最低限度的 You use minimum to describe an amount which is the smallest that is possible, allowed, or required. [ADJ n] [a N of n] He was only five feet nine, the minimum height for a policeman. 他只有5英尺9英寸高，刚刚达到当警察的最低身高要求。 ...a rise in the minimum wage. 最低工资的提高 Minimum is also a noun. This will take a minimum of one hour... 这至少要花去一个小时。 Four foot should be seen as an absolute minimum. 绝对不能比4英尺再少了。 2 [ADJ 形容词](数量)极少的 You use minimum to state how small an amount is. [ADJ n] The basic needs of life are available with minimum effort... 稍加努力就能满足生活的基本需求。 Neil and Chris try to spend the minimum amount of time on the garden. 尼尔与克里斯想尽可能少花时间打理花园。 Minimum is also a noun. With a minimum of fuss, she produced the grandson he had so desperately wished for. 没经过多少忙乱，她就生了一个他做梦都想要的孙子。 3 [ADV 副词]最低；至少 If you say that something is a particular amount minimum, you mean that this is the smallest amount it should be or could possibly be, although a larger amount is acceptable or very possible. [amount ADV] You're talking over a thousand pounds minimum for one course. 你说的可是一门课程收费至少1,000英镑。 4 [PHRASE 短语]至少；最小 You use at a minimum, or at the minimum, when you want to indicate that something is the very least which could or should happen. [amount PHR] This would take three months at a minimum... 这至少要3个月。 At the minimum, they must be guaranteed against any form of further attack. 至少要保证他们不再受到任何形式的攻击。 5 [PHRASE 短语]尽可能少的数量；最低限度 If you say that someone keeps something to a minimum, or to the minimum, you mean that they keep the amount of it as small as possible. [PHR after v] Office machinery is kept to a minimum... 办公室的机器数量维持在最低限度。 She has now cut her teaching hours to the minimum. 她现在已经把她的教学时间减至最低限度。

Minimum Amount Smallest N I Latin Adj 形容词