新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

best

英  [best]
    

[ADJ, ADV, NOUN]

    ADJ. 形容词
  • 1最好的(good的最高级形式)

    Best is the superlative of good.

    双语例句

    例:

    If you want further information the best thing to do is have a word with the driver as you get on the bus.

    如果你想了解得更清楚,最好的办法就是上公交车时问一问司机。

    2最好地(well的最高级形式)

    Best is the superlative of well.

    双语例句

    例:

    James Fox is best known as the author of 'White Mischief', and he is currently working on a new book.

    詹姆斯·福克斯以其作品《欲望城》最为知名,目前他正在写一本新书。

    3(用于构成由good或well开头的复合词的最高形式)

    Best is used to form the superlative of compound adjectives beginning with 'good' and 'well'. For example, the superlative of 'well-known' is 'best-known'.

    ADV. 副词
  • 1最大程度地

    If you like something best or like it the best, you prefer it.

    近义词

    most

    双语例句

    例:

    The thing I liked best about the show was the music.

    这场演出中我最喜欢的是音乐。

    例:

    Mother liked it best when Daniel got money.

    丹尼尔挣到钱是母亲最喜欢的事。

    NOUN. 名词
  • 1[SING 单数型名词] 最好的东西

    The best is used to refer to things of the highest quality or standard.

    双语例句

    例:

    We offer only the best to our clients.

    我们只提供最好的东西给顾客。

    2[SING 单数型名词] 最佳状态 , 最大努力

    Someone's best is the greatest effort or highest achievement or standard that they are capable of.

    双语例句

    例:

    Miss Blockey was at her best when she played the piano.

    布洛基小姐弹钢琴那会儿正处于最佳状态。

    3[SING 单数型名词] 最好的结果

    If you say that something is the best that can be done or hoped for, you think it is the most pleasant, successful, or useful thing that can be done or hoped for.

    双语例句

    例:

    A draw seems the best they can hope for.

    看来平局已经是他们所能期盼的最好结局了。

    PHRASE. 习语
  • best of all

    1最好的是

    You use best of all to indicate that what you are about to mention is the thing that you prefer or that has most advantages out of all the things you have mentioned.

    双语例句

    例:

    It was comfortable and cheap: best of all, most of the rent was being paid by two American friends.

    这里又舒适又便宜,最好的是,大部分租金由两个美国朋友付了。

  • at best

    1充其量

    You use at best to indicate that even if you describe something as favourably as possible or if it performs as well as it possibly can, it is still not very good.

    双语例句

    例:

    This policy, they say, is at best confused and at worst non-existent.

    他们说这项政策说好听点是混乱不清,说不好听点就是根本不存在。

  • do your best , try your best

    1尽自己最大努力

    If you do your best or try your best to do something, you try as hard as you can to do it, or do it as well as you can.

    双语例句

    例:

    I'll do my best to find out.

    我将尽最大努力查清楚。

  • for the best

    1(所有因素考虑在内)能产生的最好结果

    If you say that something is for the best, you mean it is the most desirable or helpful thing that could have happened or could be done, considering all the circumstances.

    双语例句

    例:

    Whatever the circumstances, parents are supposed to know what to do for the best.

    不论在什么情况下,父母都应该知道怎么做才是最好的。

  • as best one can

    1尽最大努力

    If someone does something as best they can, they do it as well as they can, although it is very difficult.

    双语例句

    例:

    Let's leave people to get on with their jobs and do them as best they can.

    放手让人们去开展工作并尽最大努力做好。

  • know best

    1(因经验丰富)最清楚

    If you say that a particular person knows best, you mean that they have a lot of experience and should therefore be trusted to make decisions for other people.

    双语例句

    例:

    He was convinced that doctors and dentists knew best.

    他确信医生和牙医最清楚该怎么做。