least

n. the smallest amount最少。
△Mid.5.1.105:“In least speak most.”i.e.in saying least speak most.话说得最少，意思表示得最多。
at least: at worst,at most,at the utmost在最坏的情况下，至多，最多。
△2H.IV.1.3.47: “or at least desistTo build at all?”再不然就干脆停止这项建筑计划。(按：atleast又作at last.)

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least

a.
1. smallest最小的。
△Mac.3.4.27 (26):“With twentytrenched gashes on his head. / The least a death tonature. ”i.e. The smallest of which would be enoughto kill any human being. 在他头上砍出了二十道深深的裂口，最小的一道也足以要他的命。
2. most trifling,most insignificant 最微不足道的。
△2H.VI.1.3.73(70): “and not the least of these /But can do more in England than the King.”这些人当中最微不足道的一个也能在英国比国王更有作为。
△2H.VI.3.2. 178:“The least of all these signs were probable.”所有这些迹象之中最微不足道的都足以提出证据。

least[li:st]

adj. 最小的，最少的adv. 最少，最小
‖least currency weight货币最轻通用量
least developed countries最不发达国家
least effort最小努力
least interest最小兴趣
least noticeable difference最小可知差异
least noticeable difference sensation最小可知感觉
least perceptible difference最小可觉差异
least payment最低限额缴款数
least price distortion最小价格影响
least significant difference最小显著差
least square最小平方