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コア | 最も少ない |
leastの |
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leastの学習レベル | レベル:1英検:3級以上の単語学校レベル:中学以上の水準TOEIC® L&Rスコア:220点以上の単語 |
研究社 新英和中辞典での「least」の意味 |
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least
nòt the léast |
léast of áll | nòt léast |
nòt the léast |
at (the) léast | nòt in the léast |
to sày the léast (of it) |
little
語法 |
líttle…,if ány=líttle or nó… | nò líttle=nòt a líttle |
quìte a líttle | sòme líttle |
lìttle léss [bétter] than… | lìttle móre than… |
nòt a líttle |
語法 |
Every little helps. 《諺》 ごく少しずつが力になる, 「ちりも積もれば山となる」. |
after a little しばらくして(から). |
in líttle | líttle by líttle |
líttle if ánything | líttle or nóthing |
màke líttle of… | nòt a líttle |
quìte a líttle |
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in a manner which is at least発音を聞く 例文帳に追加
せめて - EDR日英対訳辞書
First born, least clever.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加
総領の甚六. - 研究社 新和英中辞典
At least once a month発音を聞く 例文帳に追加
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Eゲイト英和辞典での「least」の意味 |
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least
コア最も少ない
形容詞
((限定))1((ふつうthe ~))(量や大きさなどが)〈…の中で〉最も少ない,最も小さい〈of〉(←→most)
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2((ふつうthe ~))最小限の;ほとんどない
3((方言))((ふつうthe ~))(子どもが)〈…の中で〉最も年少の〈of〉
4(動植物の)小型種の
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副詞
2((形容詞や副詞の前について))(形容詞や副詞で表される程度などが)最も低く;最も…でない(←→most)
成句least of all
((否定的な記述のあとに続けて))とりわけ…しない
成句not least ...
((かたい))(例や理由を示して)特に…;とりわけ…
成句not the least (bit) ...
(否定を強調して)少しも…ない;全く…ない
代名詞
成句at least
①(数量が)少なくとも,最低でも(実際にはもっと多いという含みを持つ)
②(それ以上の状況がありえることを期待[予想]して)とにかく,とりあえず;少なくとも
③(あまり望ましくない状況で光明を見つけて)何はともあれ,とりあえず,少なくとも
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④(直前に述べたことを言い直して)というか;というよりは
成句at the (very) least
どんなに少なくみても;どんなに控えめに言っても(at leastの強調表現)
成句not (...) in the least
少しも…でない
成句to say the least (of it)
控えめに言っても(実際にはもっとよくないという含みをもつ)
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Wiktionary英語版での「least」の意味 |
least
語源 1
From Middle English leste, lest, last, from 古期英語 lǣst, a contraction of læsast, læsest, lærest (“least”), from Proto-Germanic *laisistaz (“smallest; least”), related to 古期英語 læs (“less”). Cognate with Old Frisian leist, Old Saxon lēs. More at less.
限定詞
- The most little; the smallest amount or quantity of something.
- 1857, Edmund March Blunt, The American Coast Pilot: Containing Directions for the Principal Harbors, E. & G.W. Blunt, page 135:
- The least water we could find there was 4 fathoms, which bears from the point S.E., and is distant 1½ mile.
- 1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax:
- Charles had not been employed above six months at Darracott Place, but he was not such a whopstraw as to make the least noise in the performance of his duties when his lordship was out of humour.
- 2004, Jim Baggott, Beyond Measure: Modern Physics, Philosophy, and the Meaning of Quantum Theory, Oxford University Press, page 48:
使用する際の注意点
Some grammarians recommend to use least only with uncountable nouns, as in the examples above with the smallest amount of sense:
- 1965, H. W. Fowler, Fowler’s Modern English Usage: Second Edition:
- [W]hen the context—unemotional statement of everyday facts—is taken into account, at a less price ought to be at a lower price, and a lesser prize ought to be a smaller prize.
To such grammarians least is the superlative of a little, not that of little, so it does not mean smallest, but the smallest amount of. With plural nouns, they recommend fewest. However, other authorities disagree; the OED lists least as a synonym of fewest without any usage notes discussing this meaning.[1]
副詞
- Used for forming superlatives of adjectives, especially those that do not form the superlative by adding -est.
- It was the least surprising thing.
- In the smallest or lowest degree; in a degree below all others.
反意語
形容詞
least
派生語
- at least
- at the least
- at the very least
- in the least
- last but not least
- least auklet
- least bittern
- least common denominator
- least count
- least flycatcher
- least of all
- least resistance
- least sandpiper
- least shrew
- least significant bit
- least significant byte
- least squares
- least upper bound
- least weasel
- least willow
- least worst
- line of least resistance
- log-linear least-squares method
- method of least squares
- not in the least
- not least
- path of least resistance
- principle of least action
- principle of least astonishment
- principle of least knowledge
- principle of least surprise
- to say the least
- when one least expects it
語源 2
前置詞句
least
- (informal, nonstandard) At least.
- 1876, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter VI, in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Hartford, Conn.: The American Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 65:
- “Why he took and dipped his hand in a rotten stump where the rain water was.” “In the day time?” “Certainly.” “With his face to the stump?” “Yes. Least I reckon so.”
参照
- ^ “least, adj, pron, and n, and adv.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 7 July 2019.
- “least”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Weblio例文辞書での「least」に類似した例文 |
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least
ごく小さいさま
些細なさま
ごく少数
a servant
はく
some
least()
in depreciation (of)
秋に(は).
まもなく.
範囲が広いさま
(the) M 1
a small measure (usually of food)
of something, having a small quantity
(of a quantity) a negligible amount
of the quantity of something, being scant
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「least」を含む例文一覧
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the least [lowest] common denominator発音を聞く 例文帳に追加
最小公分母. - 研究社 新英和中辞典
the least [lowest] common multiple発音を聞く 例文帳に追加
最小公倍数. - 研究社 新英和中辞典
the least likely possibility発音を聞く 例文帳に追加
およそありそうにないこと. - 研究社 新英和中辞典
I like that least of all.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加
それがいちばん嫌いだ. - 研究社 新英和中辞典
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