more or less
- 或多或少;几乎,差不多;大概,大约
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- (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
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- 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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How much will it cost , more or less ?
这个大概得花多少钱?
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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。
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He more or less started the firm
他基本上启动了公司的业务。
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The Conference is more or less over
会议快结束了。
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Production is more or less at a standstill .
生产几乎处于停顿状态。
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It more or less gets the thumbs up from everyone .
它多多少少得到了每个人的支持。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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The contents are more or less the same .
内容相仿佛。
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These food markets have more or less the same setup .
几个菜市场的格局差不多。
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I suspect that he is more or less involved in the affair .
我猜他和这件事有点牵连。
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They 've had their revenge more or less .
他们总算出口气了。
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Everybody felt more or less thirsty .
大家都感到有些渴。
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I 've more or less finished reading the book .
我差不多已经把这本书全看完了。
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They 've more or less finished the job .
这活儿他们大致干完了。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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His condition has more or less improved .
他的情况多少有些改善。
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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。