新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

most

英  [məʊst]
    

[ADJ, ADV, PRON]

    ADJ. 形容词
  • 1最多的

    You use the most to mean a larger amount than anyone or anything else, or the largest amount possible.

    双语例句

    例:

    The president himself won the most votes.

    总统本人赢得了最多的选票。

    ADV. 副词
  • 1

    You use most to indicate that something is true or happens to a greater degree or extent than anything else.

    双语例句

    例:

    What she feared most was becoming like her mother.

    她最害怕的是变得像她母亲一样。

    例:

    Professor Morris, the person he most hated.

    莫里斯教授,他最恨的那个人。

    2

    You use most to indicate that someone or something has a greater amount of a particular quality than most other things of its kind.

    双语例句

    例:

    Her children had the best, most elaborate birthday parties in the neighbourhood.

    她的孩子们的生日聚会在街坊邻里中是最好、最精致的。

    例:

    He was one of the most influential performers of modern jazz.

    他是现代爵士乐最有影响力的表演者之一。

    3最大程度地 , 最频繁地

    If you do something the most, you do it to the greatest extent possible or with the greatest frequency.

    双语例句

    例:

    What question are you asked the most?

    你最常被问到的问题是什么?

    4(谈话中用于吸引注意力)最

    You use most in conversations when you want to draw someone's attention to something very interesting or important that you are about to say.

    双语例句

    例:

    Most surprisingly, quite a few said they don't intend to vote at all.

    最令人吃惊的是,相当一部分人说他们根本不打算投票。

    DET. 限定词
  • 1大多数的

    You use most to refer to the majority of a group of things or people or the largest part of something.

    双语例句

    例:

    Most people think the queen has done a good job over the last 60 years.

    大多数人认为女王在过去的60年中尽职尽责。

    PHRASE. 习语
  • most of all

    1

    You use most of all to indicate that something happens or is true to a greater extent than anything else.

  • at most , at the most

    1至多

    You use at most or at the most to say that a number or amount is the maximum that is possible and that the actual number or amount may be smaller.

    双语例句

    例:

    Poach the pears in apple juice or water and sugar for ten minutes at most.

    把梨放入苹果汁或糖水中,煮最多十分钟。

  • make the most of something

    1充分利用

    If you make the most of something, you get the maximum use or advantage from it.

    双语例句

    例:

    Happiness is the ability to make the most of what you have.

    幸福就是充分享用你所拥有的一切的能力。

    PRON. 代词
  • 1大多数

    Most means the majority of a group of things or people or the largest part of something.

    双语例句

    例:

    Seventeen civilians were hurt. Most are students who had been attending a twenty-first birthday party.

    17名平民受了伤,其中大多数是参加一个21岁生日聚会的学生。

    2最多

    The most means a larger amount than anyone or anything else, or the largest amount possible.

    双语例句

    例:

    The most they earn in a day is fifty roubles.

    他们一天最多挣50卢布。

    QUANT. 数量词
  • 1大多数 , 大部分

    You use most of to refer to the majority of a group of things or people or the largest part of something.

    双语例句

    例:

    Most of the houses in the capital don't have indoor plumbing.

    首都的大多数房屋没有室内管道装置。

    例:

    By stopping smoking you are undoing most of the damage smoking has caused.

    通过戒烟可以消除吸烟所致的大部分危害。