least jelentése

least jelentése: adverb, pronoun, determiner

B1 legkevésbé

I chose the least expensive dish on the menu.

This group is the least likely of the four to win.

Disaster struck when we least expected it.

It was the answer she least wanted to hear.

least jelentése – kifejezések:

at least A2 legalább (annyi vagy több)

It will cost at least £500.

You'll have to wait at least an hour.

at least B1 legalább (van vmi jó is)

It's a small house but at least there's a garden.

at least B1 legalább (ha mást nem is)

If you can't manage to clean the whole house, at least make sure the kitchen is clean.

at least B2 legalábbis (az előző kijelentés árnyalása, pontosítása)

I've met the President - at least, he shook my hand once.

last but not least B2 utoljára, de nem utolsósorban

This is Jeremy, this is Cath and, last but not least, this is Eva.

not in the least C2 egyáltalán nem

I don't mind staying at home, not in the least.

not least C2 nem utolsósorban (különösen) (formal)

The whole trip was fascinating, not least because of the people I met.

B2 (a) legkevesebb

He contributed least to the workshop.

I like the green one least of all.

He's the relative I like (the) least.

Giving her a bed for the night was the least I could do.

least jelentése – kifejezések:

at the very least C1 legalább, minimum

At the very least, you should apologize.

We should earn £500 at the very least.

to say the least C1 enyhén szólva

We were surprised, to say the least.

B2 legkevesebb

She earns the least money of all of us.

I spent the least time on the third question.

Mennyiségek – Kevés – Részben, kismértékben – Vagy, de, ellenben – Tagadás – Téma sorrend – Pontosítás, árnyalás – Nézőpont, hozzáállás