| 词汇 | to say the least |
| 释义 | to say the leastto say the least 1 EMPHASIZEused to show that something is worse or more serious than you are actually saying 至少可以说 His teaching methods were strange, to say the least. 他的教学方法至少可以说是怪异。 → to say the least at least1(5) 2 EXPRESSused to say that you could have described something, criticized someone etc a lot more severely than you have 至少可以说，说得客气点 Jane could have been more considerate, to say the least. 说得客气点，简当时可以考虑得更周到一些。 Examples from the Corpus to say the least• As captain and opening bat, he's an important member of the side, to say the least.• Cartoonish, to say the least.• There would be a bit of confusion, to say the least.• Try as she might, her working relationship with Stephanie Marsa was strained to say the least.• The results of these experiments were, to say the least, puzzling to the researchers.• The outlook for their national teams is, to say the least, uncertain.• The lamps look, to say the least, unreliable.• It is a bizarre setting, to say the least, where the boredom and indifference can be measured in metric tons. → to say the least at say1(4) |
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