leastways
英 ['liːstweɪz]
美
- adv. 无论如何；至少
英英释义
- 1. if nothing else (`leastwise' is informal and `leastways' is colloquial);
- "at least he survived"
- "they felt--at any rate Jim felt--relieved though still wary"
- "the influence of economists--or at any rate of economics--is far-reaching"
实用场景例句
- It isn't cheap to get there, leastways not at this time of year.
- 去那里费用可不低，至少在一年中的这个时节是这样。
牛津词典
- Sam: I'm not hungry Leastways not for lembas bread.
- 山姆: 我不饿.无论如何不要面包.
期刊摘选
- There's no pub round here, leastways not that I know of.
- 附近没有酒店, 至少据我所知没有.
期刊摘选
- They'll all lie. Leastways all but the nigger.
- 他们都在撒谎, 那个黑人可能除外.
英汉文学 - 汤姆历险
- It isn't cheap to get there, leastways not at this time of year.
- 去那里费用可不低，至少在一年中的这个时节是这样。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
中文词源
leastways 至少，起码
即最少的方式，至少，起码。
双语例句
- 1. It isn't cheap to get there, leastways not at this time of year.
- 去那里费用可不低，至少在一年中的这个时节是这样。
来自《权威词典》
- 2. It was battle murder, and sudden death, leastways - him against six.
- 反正免不了恶斗、凶杀和横死, 而且是他一个人对付六个人.
来自英汉文学 - 金银岛
- 3. They'll all lie. Leastways all but the nigger.
- 他们都在撒谎, 那个黑人可能除外.
来自英汉文学 - 汤姆历险
- 4. Sam: I'm not hungry Leastways not for lembas bread.
- 山姆: 我不饿.无论如何不要面包.
来自互联网
- 5. There's no pub round here, leastways not that I know of.
- 附近没有酒店, 至少据我所知没有.
来自互联网
英文词源
- leastways
- 1825, colloquial, from least + way (n.). Regarded as vulgar, but simply a one-word form of Chaucer's leest weye (late 14c.).