1 QUANT 大多数;大部分 You use
most to refer to the majority of a group of things or people or the largest part of something.
大多数;大部分 -
Most of the houses in the capital don't have piped water.
首都的大部分房屋没有自来水。
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By stopping smoking you are undoing most of the damage smoking has caused. [+ of]
通过戒烟可以消除吸烟造成的大部分危害。
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Sadly, most of the house was destroyed by fire in 1828. [+ of]
遗憾的是,这座房屋在1828年的火灾中大部分被烧毁。
Most is also a determiner.
Most is also a pronoun.
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Seventeen civilians were hurt. Most are students who had been attending a twenty-first birthday party.
17名平民受伤,大部分是学生,在参加一个21岁生日聚会。
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All of the rooms have private baths, and most have radios and TV.
所有房间都自带浴室,大部分房间有收音机和电视机。
2 ADJ-SUPERL 最多的;最大量的 You use
the most to mean a larger amount than anyone or anything else, or the largest amount possible.
最多的;最大量的 -
The President himself won the most votes.
总统本人获得最多选票。
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The skippers get the most money, and after them the cooks.
船长拿到的钱最多,其次是厨师。
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Tom had the most authority of all.
汤姆在所有人中威信最高。
3 ADV-SUPERL [ADVERB with verb] 尤其;最为 You use
most to indicate that something is true or happens to a greater degree or extent than anything else.
尤其;最为 -
What she feared most was becoming like her mother.
她最怕的就是变得像她妈妈那样。
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What they wanted most from the president was a leader who at least would try to educate the country.
他们对总统最大的期待是,至少他应尽力教诲国民。
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...Professor Morris, the person he most hated.
莫里斯教授,他最憎恶的人
You use
most of all to indicate that something happens or is true to a greater extent than anything else.
最大程度;最… 4 ADV-SUPERL [ADVERB adjective/adverb] 最;极其 You use
most to indicate that someone or something has a greater amount of a particular quality than most other things of its kind.
最;极其 -
Her children had the best, most elaborate birthday parties in the neighborhood.
她的孩子们的生日聚会在街坊四邻里是最好、最讲究的。
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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。
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If anything, swimming will appeal to her most strongly.
如果说有什么能强烈地吸引她,那就是游泳了。
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Keeping pace with the litter during summer, when the park is most heavily used, is also a huge task.
夏季公园游人最多的时候,及时清扫废弃物也是一项艰巨的任务。
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...the most junior of the New York Times music critics.
《纽约时报》最年轻的乐评人
5 ADV-SUPERL 最大限度地;最频繁地;最多地 If you do something
the most, you do it to the greatest extent possible or with the greatest frequency.
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What question are you asked the most?.
你们被问及最多的问题是什么?
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Inevitably those who suffer the most are the mothers and children.
妇女和儿童必然是最遭罪的。
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Among the subjects for which the pass rate has risen the most are art and design, business studies, and music.
及格率提高最多的科目是艺术设计、商业研究和音乐。
6 ADV-SUPERL (在谈话中用于引起注意)最…,极其… 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.
(在谈话中用于引起注意)最…,极其… -
Most surprisingly, quite a few said they don't intend to vote at all.
最让人吃惊的是,相当多的人说他们根本不打算参加投票。
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Most interestingly, they are demanding that a national working party on crimes against women and children be established.
最令人关注的是,他们要求针对侵害妇女和儿童的犯罪成立全国专案组。
7 ADV-SUPERL [ADVERB adjective/adverb] 十分;非常 You use
most to emphasize an adjective or adverb.
十分;非常 [formal, emphasis] Usage Note :
Note that you can say 'Most children love sweets', but you cannot say 'Most of children love sweets'. However, when a pronoun is used, you can say 'Most of them love sweets'.
注意可以说:Most children love sweets(大多数孩子爱吃糖果),但不能说Most of children love sweets;如果使用代词,则可以说 Most of them love sweets(他们大多数爱吃糖果)。
8 PHRASE 至多;最多 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.
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Poach the pears in apple juice for perhaps ten minutes at most.
把梨放入苹果汁中,最多煮10分钟左右。
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...staying on at school for two extra years to study only three, or at the most four subjects.
在学校再多呆两年学习仅仅三门、至多四门课程
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Many companies are expecting flat sales or at most a 1 to 2 percent increase over last year.
很多公司预计销售不会有大的起色,或者最多比去年增多1%或2%。
9 PHRASE 尽量利用;充分利用 If you
make the most of something, you get the maximum use or advantage from it.
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Happiness is the ability to make the most of what you have.
幸福就是有能力充分享受你拥有的一切。
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Making the most of your hair means getting the cut and shape right.
让头发达到最佳效果意味着要修剪得当,并选择合适的发型。
10 for the most part→see: part Usage | almost and most |
Be sure to use almost, not most, before such words as all, any, anyone, every, and everyone: Almost all people like chocolate. Almost anyone can learn to ride a bike. Strangely, almost every student in the class is left-handed. |
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