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ADJ
最小的;最低限度的
You use minimum to describe an amount which is the smallest that is possible, allowed, or required.
例句
He was only five feet nine, the minimum height for a policeman.
他只有5英尺9英寸高，剛剛達(dá)到當(dāng)警察的最低身高要求。
...a rise in the minimum wage.
最低工資的提高
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ADJ
(數(shù)量)極少的
You use minimum to state how small an amount is.
例句
The basic needs of life are available with minimum effort...
稍加努力就能滿足生活的基本需求。
Neil and Chris try to spend the minimum amount of time on the garden.
尼爾與克里斯想盡可能少花時(shí)間打理花園。
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ADV
最低;至少
If you say that something is a particular amount minimum, you mean that this is the smallest amount it should be or could possibly be, although a larger amount is acceptable or very possible.
例句
You're talking over a thousand pounds minimum for one course.
你說(shuō)的可是一門課程收費(fèi)至少1,000英鎊。
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PHRASE
至少;最小
You use at a minimum, or at the minimum, when you want to indicate that something is the very least which could or should happen.
例句
This would take three months at a minimum...
這至少要3個(gè)月。
At the minimum, they must be guaranteed against any form of further attack.
至少要保證他們不再受到任何形式的攻擊。
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PHRASE
盡可能少的數(shù)量;最低限度
If you say that someone keeps something to a minimum, or to the minimum, you mean that they keep the amount of it as small as possible.
例句
Office machinery is kept to a minimum...
辦公室的機(jī)器數(shù)量維持在最低限度。
She has now cut her teaching hours to the minimum.
她現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)把她的教學(xué)時(shí)間減至最低限度。