【most音标】 英[məʊst] 美[moʊst]
【单词释义】 most是什么意思:
adv.最,最多(大);much的最高级;非常,很;几乎
adj.many的最高级;最多的,最大的;大概的;大多数的,大部分的
n.最大限度;大部分;大多数人
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
【most形近词/近似词】
frost n.霜冻;霜
cost n.成本;代价;费用 v. 价钱为;以…为代价
host n.主人,东道主;节目主持人 v.主办,主持
ghost n.鬼,幽灵;记忆,回忆 v.悄悄地行进;代人写作
post n.[U]邮件;邮政;[C]柱,桩,杆;岗位 v.投递;邮寄;张贴
lost adj. 迷路的,迷失的;失去的,丢失的;不复存在的;不知所措的 v. 遗失,丢失;失去;输掉(lose 的过去式和过去分词形式)
defrost v.(给…)化霜,除霜;(使)解冻
【常用短语】
at (the) most 至多;不超过
make the most of 尽量利用;充分利用
most favored nation 最惠国的
most of all 最重要的是;首先
【单词例句】
◇ Among the crowd of Olympian gods the one most widely admired was Apollo.He was the son of Zeus and Let to.
在众多的奥林波斯山神中,主神宙斯和雷托之子阿波罗最受推崇。
---- Apollo
◇ Some philosophers have claimed that our playfulness is the most noble part of our basic nature. In their generous conceptions, play harmlessly and experimentally permits us to put our creative forces, fantasy, and imagination into action.
一些哲学家称我们的嬉戏是我们本质中最崇高的部分。 依他们这些随意性很大的见解,游戏无害而且实验性地允许我们的创造力、幻想和想象发挥作用。
---- The Origin of Sports
◇ I think I should thank God. This is because of the following three reasons: firstly, the thief only stole things from me but did not hurt me at all; secondly, the thief has stolen some of my things instead of all my things; thirdly, most luckily for me, it was the man rather than me who became a thief…
我想我应该感谢上帝,因为:第一,我损失的只是财物,而人却毫发未损;第二,我只损失了部分财物,而非所有财产;第三,最幸运的是,做小偷的是那个人,而不是我……
---- Being Grateful
◇ Perhaps the most spectacular feature of the Grand Canyon, its Redwall limestone cliff, stands about half way up the chasm and is practically vertical. Its average height is 550 feet --- almost exactly that of the Washington Monument.
也许,大峡谷最引人注目的风貌特色是“红墙”石灰石悬崖,它耸立在裂口半当中,几乎是垂直的。它的平均高度为550 英尺--几乎和华盛顿纪念碑一样高。
---- The Grand Canyon
◇ We have in our hands the technology to construct the most sophisticated machines ever built,but if they are unusable,simply because of their operating instructions,then recent lessons have taught us they will not survive.Whatever we design must be simple,reliable and useful.Perhaps this is where artificial intelligence will come in.
我们要用手中的技术建造最精密的机器。最近的事实告诉我们,如果仅仅因为操作指令而不能使用,那么它们将不能存在。无论如何,我们的设计必须简单、可靠且实用。这也许就是人工智能的来源。
◇ Gamma-ray bursts cannot be seen by the human eye but if they could the sky would light up like a camera flash each time they occurred.They are by far the most energetic events in the universe and,until now,have remained largely a mystery.
伽马星系的放射人类用肉眼是看不见的,除非每次爆炸发生时天空都能像照相机闪光灯那么亮。到现在为止,包括现在宇宙中发生的事件仍然是个很大的迷。
---- The Big Bang
◇ "For example, based on circadian rhythms, about 75% of people tend to be most mentally alert between 9am and 11am."
“比如,根据生物昼夜节律,75%的人在上午9点到11点头脑最清醒。”
---- Is this the best time to be productive?
◇ By not demonizing the straw as an object, he thinks activists can hope to achieve better goals. "I am not out to ban straws. I think it's much more effective to encourage people to make the choice not to use them. Voluntary participation encourages people to spread the word. Forcing people to do things is not always the most effective way to make a change."
他认为,如果不将吸管这个物品妖魔化,反吸管活动有望达到更高的目标。“我不赞成禁止吸管。我认为鼓励人们选择不用吸管会有效得多。自愿的参与会鼓励人们传播信息。强迫人们去做事不一定是达成改变最有效的方式。”
---- Is time up for this plastic relic
◇ Plastic has become one of the world's most popular materials, combining amazing functionality and very low production costs. Its use has increased 20-fold in the past 50 years and is expected to double again in the next 20 years.
塑料制品应用广泛、造价低廉,在世界各地都广受人们欢迎。过去五十年中,塑料使用量增长了20倍,并且有望在接下来的20年里再翻一番。
---- More plastic than fish in oceans by 2050
◇ Past perception wasn't all bad. The union between marriage and the now-standard ring placement can be traced back to second-century Egyptians who falsely believed that "a certain most delicate nerve" began in the fourth left finger and stretched directly to the heart, according to the Greek scholar Appian.
古人也不全都认为左手不好。婚姻和左手无名指的关联可以追溯到2世纪的埃及。希腊学者阿皮安解释说,当时埃及人误以为“某个最脆弱的神经”从左手第四指开始,一直延伸到心脏。