英语单词 | minimum |
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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] [
2 [ADJ 形容词](数量)极少的 You use minimum to state how small an amount is. [ADJ n]
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]
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]
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]
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