more or less

美 [mɔːr ɔːr les]英 [mɔː(r) ɔː(r) les]
  • 或多或少;几乎,差不多;大概,大约
more or lessmore or less

adv

1
(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
lasted approximately an hour
in just about a minute
he's about 30 years old
I've had about all I can stand
we meet about once a month
some forty people came
weighs around a hundred pounds
roughly $3,000
holds 3 gallons, more or less
20 or so people were at the party
Synonym: approximately about close to just about some roughly around or so
2
to a small degree or extent
his arguments were somewhat self-contradictory
the children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other
Synonym: slightly somewhat

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  1. How much will it cost , more or less ?

    这个大概得花多少钱?

  2. The author can report other people 's results which more or less agree with hers .

    作者可以提及其他人得出的和她自己基本吻合的结果。

  3. He more or less started the firm

    他基本上启动了公司的业务。

  4. The Conference is more or less over

    会议快结束了。

  5. Production is more or less at a standstill .

    生产几乎处于停顿状态。

  6. It more or less gets the thumbs up from everyone .

    它多多少少得到了每个人的支持。

  7. The cattle disease occurs more or less anywhere in Africa where the fly occurs

    在非洲凡是有这种蝇虫的地方,几乎都会出现这一牛病。

  8. The officers were more or less able to dictate terms to successive governments

    这些军官多多少少都能和继任的各届政府谈些条件。

  9. I was meeting these chaps who were mostly more or less my own age .

    我见到了这帮小伙子,他们多数和我年龄相仿。

  10. 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。

  11. 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。

  12. 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。

  13. 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。

  14. We decided , more or less on a whim , to sail to Morocco

    我们多少有点心血来潮,决定航海去摩洛哥。

  15. The contents are more or less the same .

    内容相仿佛。

  16. These food markets have more or less the same setup .

    几个菜市场的格局差不多。

  17. I suspect that he is more or less involved in the affair .

    我猜他和这件事有点牵连。

  18. They 've had their revenge more or less .

    他们总算出口气了。

  19. Everybody felt more or less thirsty .

    大家都感到有些渴。

  20. I 've more or less finished reading the book .

    我差不多已经把这本书全看完了。

  21. They 've more or less finished the job .

    这活儿他们大致干完了。

  22. 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。

  23. In investing money some people go for more or less assured dividends , others for capital increase .

    拿钱投资,有的人打算得到多少有点保障的股息,有的人则为了增加资本。

  24. Which is nothing more or less than excellent service , if you have the money .

    如果你有钱的话,那么你就能得到优质的服务。

  25. For instance , talking about mathematical geniuses who were more or less born that way puts students in a fixed mind-set , but descriptions of great mathematicians who fell in love with math and developed amazing skills produce a growth mind-set .

    例如,谈论数学天才或多或少生来就这样,这种方法会使学生形成固定思维,但描述一位爱上数学并成长为具有惊人技能的伟大数学家,则会形成成长型思维模式。

  26. Being a good neighbor is more or less about considerate behavior .

    成为一个好邻居多少需要表现得体贴点。

  27. This doesn 't mean we are becoming either more or less intelligent , but there is no doubt that the way we use memory is changing .

    这并不是说我们会变得更加聪明,但我们使用记忆的方式确实有了变化。

  28. The polluted water more or less influences their health .

    被污染的水或多或少地影响他们的健康。

  29. His condition has more or less improved .

    他的情况多少有些改善。

  30. It took more or less a whole day to paint the ceiling .

    粉刷天花板用了将近一整天的时间。