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adj. 最小的；最少的（little的最高级）
adv. 最小；最少
n. 最小；最少

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Scientists are in general agreement that the warmer conditions we have been experiencing are at least in part the result of a human-induced global warming trend.

And a room with books in it induces, at least in some, a feeling not dissimilar to that of a fire in the fireplace on a cold winter's night

And at least for now, that hazy mirage in the distance?

It is reported that 49 million Americans are unsure of where they will find their next meal What's most surprising is that 36% of them live in households where at least one adult is working.

Most bullying (恃强凌弱) is found in schools where there is a tarmac (柏油碎石) playground; the least bullying is in a natural area that the children are encouraged to explore.

With some exceptions , the oldest homes tend to be the least energy-efficient.

Early models often failed to withstand crashes, however, so in 1965 the device was completely redesigned and moved to the rear of the plane – the area least subject to impact – from its original position in the landing wells (起落架舱)

Read at least several chapters at one sitting.

You haven't had an,v time off for at least two years.

As part of the Kids Live Well campaign-expected to be announced nationwide Wednesday—participating restaurants must promise to offer at least one children's meal that has fewer than 600 calories(卡路里), no soft drinks and at least two items from the following food groups: fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean proteins or low-fat dairy.

He really should shave himself every other day at least and put on something clean.

A new study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society looked at this question by examining the personality characteristics of 246 children of people who had lived to be at least 100.

A tour boat turned over off the coast of nicaragua, killing at least 13 people and leaving more passengers missing, official said.

About 75% of elderly parents who don't go to nursing homes live within 30 minutes of at least one of their children.

An industry backed anti-tax campaign has spent at least $4 million on advertisements.

At least 65 million people in the United States have a criminal record.

At the time of the first interview, at least one of the partners was over the age of 50.

But at least, she says, they can maximize the odds of success.

But on the subject of obesity, she pointed out that consumers' lifestyles have changed significantly, with many people being more sedentary (久坐不动的) not least because more time is spent in front of computers.

Canada got the least sleep of the year the night it beat Sweden in the Olympic hockey (冰球) final.

Even if there is no concrete benefit paid in response to your good deed, at the very least, the doer of the good deed has the opportunity to enjoy a kind of spiritually enlightened moment.

I know they have at least two temporary positions available, and I don't think they have anyone else yet.

If I stayed in the U.S., it'd take two years and cost at least 50,000 dollars in tuition alone.

If you eat three meals a day and behave like most Americans, you probably get at least a third of your daily calories outside the home.

In 2018 alone, wildfires, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, mudslides, and other natural disasters cost at least $49 billion in the United States.

In some departments, either the chairman or the director of graduate studies serves for at least the first semester as a new student adviser.

Susan and I go to at least 3 different places during the event.

The least that can be concluded from this research is that companies need to think harder about managing teams.

We are rediscovering Dewey and Montessori and a lot of the practices that they pioneered that have been forgotten or at least put aside.

While consumers are spending less on toilet paper, they remain fussy – in theory at least – when it comes to paper quality.

Whereas language probably traces back at least 80.

At least four institutions - the University of Maryland, Oklahoma Christian University, Abilene Christian and Freed-Hardeman- have announced that they will give the devices to some or all of their students this fall.

The average American spends at least eight and a half hours a day in front of a screen.

According to data gathered by Harvard Law School professor Lani Guinier, the most selective schools are more likely to choose blacks who have at least one immigrant parent from Africa or the Caribbean than black students who are descendants of American slaves.

But such a Darwinian spirit is beginning to give way as at least a few colleges face up to the graduation gap

A study by Mannaz, a leadership development company, suggests that, while the bully-boy chief executive of old may not have been eradicated completely, there is a definite shift in emphasis towards less tough styles of management – at least in America and Europe.

Since then the debate has become less emotional, not least because a lot more is known about the subject.

But over the next few decades labour forces in rich countries are set to shrink so much that inflows of immigrants would have to increase enormously to compensate: to at least twice their current size in western Europe's most youthful countries, and three times in the older ones

It will not be the end of the world, at least not for quite a while yet, but the world will slowly become a different place.

In a recent study of parents and grown-up children in 11 European countries, Karsten Hank of Mannheim University found that 85% of them lived within 25km of each other and the majority of them were in touch at least once a week

But shouldn't we at least offer to share the expenses?

Disaster movies often portray catastrophes that destroy, or at least threaten to destroy earth's entire population.

However, soon after these fierce outbreaks, the virus died out, at least temporarily

Hospital workers in at least one case deserted their workplace in panic, thus halting the administering of potentially unclean disease spreading injections, but Ebola has not disappeared.

I hope you are not to put out with me for the delay ,I had to stop for the Fred's home to pick up a book on my way here M : well , that's not a big deal ,but you might at least phone if you know you will keep someone waiting Q : what do we learn about the women

There isn't much violent crime in a small town like Green Ville, or at least not as much as in the large urban areas

It collapsed at least once in the past 1.3 million years.

This is one of our best and least expensive two-bedroom listings

Now, new evidence reveals that all or most of the Antarctic ice sheet collapsed at least once during the past 1.3 million years, a period when global temperatures probably were not significantly higher than they are today.

Esperanto is used internationally across language boundaries by at least 1 million people, particularly in specialized fields.

"Supplying power to trains in this way would offer the shortest distance from well to wheels," he says, "with the least amount of energy lost."

"We're obligated to keep a pulse on the population for at least five years after the foxes are delisted," says Boser.

As a possible home for alien life, it has been voted the planet least likely to succeed.

As fifth-graders, children with early attention problems obtained average reading scores at least 3% lower than their contemporaries' and grades at least 8% lower than those of their peers.

As one person ironically put it in the comments section of Schwartz's online article, "As I was reading this very excellent article, I stopped at least half a dozen times to check my email.

At least taxpayers should be able to decide what students will study on the public dime.

At least the slides were good, that is, until the bulb in the projector blew, and she had to finish the talk with no illustrations.

But the first bite was a pleasant surprise, a little dry and lacking of taste, but at least a wing didn't get stuck in my throat.

But the least we should expect is that they do not foster divisions and exclude those who are already disadvantaged.

Economic reasoning shows that the least expensive way for each country is to put a price on carbon emissions.

Families provide at least as much care as they ever did.

For both beef and dairy production, it requires, at least in the beginning, more pastureland.

However, given that there is at least some evidence for positive effects from some of these lifestyle changes, plus other benefits apparently unrelated to cognitive decline, Burke was willing to offer some recommendations.

In a series of several experiments, the researchers illustrated just how much we've come to admire busyness, or at least the appearance of it.

It actually dates back to at least 1701.

It has consequences: South Africa's ongoing drought—the worst in three decades—will cost at least a quarter of its com crop this year.

It turns out that those who consumed the highest levels of fiber during adolescence had a lower risk of developing breast cancer, compared to the women who ate the least fiber.

It wasn't until I entered the corporate world that I realized, for me at least, being friends with colleagues didn't emerge as a priority at all.

It's doubtful that a computer program can do that—at least, not without some undesirable results.

Many large institutions keep this kind of data secret—or at least make it incredibly difficult to find.

One should buy the policies to give the most protection at the least cost, ensure the right family members and consider the family's financial needs.

Perhaps the most dramatic example of the negative consequences of poor communication between scientists and the public is the issue of climate change, where a variety of factors, not the least of which is a breakdown in the transmission of fundamental cli

Problems surround the use of machines to spot deception, at least until it has been rigorously tested.

So what would a smug-free, or at least low-pollution, city be like?

Southern states without strong teachers' unions have schools at least as awful as those in union states.

Tennessee State's overall graduation rate is a tiny 39 percent, but at least it has a smaller gap between the outcomes for first-generation students and those of their peers.

The purpose of today's lecture, as you have seen from the title and the abstract, is to examine in more detail the problems facing small- and medium-sized enterprises which arise at least in part from having to adapt to rapid advances in technology.

The reason is that when carbon is priced, those emissions reductions that are least costly to implement will happen first.

The third element of love in Sternberg's theory is what he calls decision commitment, the decision that one is in a love relationship, the willingness to label it as such and the commitment to maintain that relationship at least for some period of time.

The trouble is, for many of the researchers who'd like to design systems to address these challenges, massive datasets for experimentation just don't exist—at least, not in formats that are accessible to academic researchers.

We believe that at least part of the problem lies in places other than the interaction between scientists and members of the media, and exists because for one thing we underestimate how difficult it is for scientists to communicate effectively with a dive

When people were encouraged to take at least three photos while they ate lunch, they were more immersed in their meals than those who weren't told to take photos.

While we didn't want to create any unnecessary panic, we did find some concerns that were troublesome, and we thought that parents or at least physicians should be aware of those potential risks.

Writing in the journal, the scientists describe how the storks from Germany were clearly affected by the presence of waste sites, with four out of six birds that survived for at least five months overwintering on rubbish dumps in northern Morocco, instead

And people have been warned not to go out of their homes — not if you walk on foot, at least — between 11 in the morning and 7 in the evening.

Any child must be accompanied by at least one paying adult.

As always, you should stretch at least ten minutes before each run to prevent injuries.

At least the weather is similar, and the people aren't much different.

At least there is enough good news, so it remains a good place for the residents to enjoy their life.

At least until spring arrived, by which time they were dealing with damaging floods.

At least, workers wouldn't have needed to carry cattle fat or water to smooth the paths.

But a transparent object doesn't absorb or scatter light, at least not very much, light can pass through it without bending or stopping.

But during the next week, set a goal of at least a mile and a half per run.

But she kept urging us to have a look at least.

Dinner ended only after we had a clear understanding of at least half a dozen such facts.

Guests will have to produce at least 10 watt hours of electricity - roughly 15 minutes of cycling for someone of average fitness.

He made a bad decision, they said—at least as it was presented by Shakespeare—to take the lead in murdering julius caesar.

However, a similar study of British accents in the US turned these results upside down and placed some regional accents as the most attractive and BBC english as the least.

It's about time they had to be registered and insured, so when they do hit a pedestrian or a vehicle, or cause an accident, at least they can be treated and there might be an opportunity to claim.

Milk is also sugar-free and additive-free with nutritionists recommending skimmed milk as the best choice before bed as it is the least fattening.

I'm not suggesting you ignore problems, or that you pretend things are better than they are, but simply that you learn to allow things to be as they are— at least most of the time, and especially when it's not a really big deal.

Normally at least once a week, but she's now a volunteer teacher at a mountain village in Africa.

One day when I was 12, my mother gave me an order: I was to walk to the public library, and borrow at least one book for the summer.

One study found that a cotton bag must be used at least 131 times to be better for the planet than plastic.

Prinstein examined the two types of popularity in 235 adolescents, scoring the least liked, the most liked and the highest in status based on student surveys.

Since the poorest are least likely to make up for their losses from disasters linked to el nino, reducing their losses needs to be the priority.

Some social apps were popular among the children even though they supposedly require users to be at least 13.

Students need to spend at least as much time with their on-line course work as they would in a face-to-face classroom course.

The real problem is that some pedestrians seem to be, at least for the moment, in worlds of their own that are, to them, much more important than the welfare of others.

The research suggests that walking should be forbidden on escalators that are at least 18.

Then at least you still have the weekend to work on the report.

This is despite evidence that a dollar spent on risk-reduction saves at least two on reconstruction.

This is why, in part at least, the US national climate assessment says that: "There is no ‘one-size fits all' adaptation."

Those who were highest in status in high school, as well as those least liked in elementary school, are "most likely to engage in dangerous and risky behavior".

Though the relationship may not be causal, helping divided communities to prepare for disasters would at least reduce the risk that those disasters are followed by killing and wounding people.

Thus, papa insisted that we learn at least one new thing each day.

We require the student's full details at least 4 weeks in advance.

You may not like them, but at least you don't have to write her a thank-you note.

You need to really read at least one good book a week, preferably a classic.

According to several studies concluding that parents are less happy than childless couples, single parents are the least happy of all.

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, nearly 80 percent of college students end up changing their majors at least once.

After bills, Tony has ￡60 a week to spend, ￡40 of which goes on food, but 10 years ago he was earning ￡130,000 a year working in corporate communications and eating at London's best restaurants at least twice a week.

As a description of the next music director of an orchestra that has hitherto been led by musicians like Gustav Mahler and pierre Boulez, that seems likely to have struck at least some times readers as faint praise.

At least, that is how it looks as a whole.

At the very least, it has awoken us from our national fever dream of easy riches and bigger houses, and put a necessary end to an era of reckless personal spending.

At the very least, the court should make itself subject to the code of conduct that applies to the rest of the federal judiciary.

But at least they have demonstrated that when companies get into trouble with the law, evidence of good character can win them less costly punishment.

But postal special- interest groups seem to have killed it, at least in the House.

first two hours, now three hours一this is how far in advance authorities are recommending people show up to catch a domestic flight, at least at some major U.S. airports with increasingly massive security lines.

For the most part, the response has been favorable, to say the least.

In France, shareholders who hold onto a company investment for at least two years can sometimes earn more voting rights in a company.

In the internet age, at least in theory, this fraction can be much reduced.

India has just announced it will "eliminate all single-use plastic in the country by 2022". There are also incentive-based ways of making better environmental choices easier, such as ensuring recycling is at least as easy as trash disposal.

Instead, the claimant receives a time-limited "allowance", conditional on actively seeking a job; no entitlement and no insurance, at ￡71.70 a week, one of the least generous in the EU.

It is a wise father that knows his own child, but today a man can boost his paternal wisdom—or at least confirm that he's the kid's dad.

It was not until the mid-1980s, when amplifying age and sex differences became a dominant children's marketing strategy, that pink fully came into its own, when it began to seem inherently attractive to girls, part of what defined them as female, at least

Mechanization isn't the answer, either—not yer, at least.

millennials, it seems, face the paradox of being the least formal generation yet the most conscious of style and personal branding.

Most of the first-generation students were recipients of Pell Grants, a federal grant for undergraduates with financial need, while this was true only for 8.6 percent of the students with at least one parent with a four-year degree.

New research suggests that CSR may create monetary value for companies—at least when they are prosecuted for corruption.

On July 29th they were relieved, at least temporarily.

One consideration is safety or at least the perception of it.

One Gallup poll found that 20 percent of Americans who have been unemployed for at least a year report having depression, double the rate for working Americans.

Practically every week features at least one celebrity mom, or mom-to-be, smiling on the newsstands.

since students and parents expect a college degree to lead a job, it is in the best interest of a school to turn out graduates who are as qualified as possible—or at least appear to be.

Some Congress members are trying to block the plan, and at least a dozen industry groups, four states, and three environmental groups are challenging it in federal court.

The concept of man versus machine is at least as old as the industrial revolution, but this phenomenon tends to be most acutely felt during economic downturns and fragile recoveries.

The opposition claims primary school pupils doing at least two hours of sport a week have nearly halved.

The whirlwind that swept through newsrooms harmed everybody, but much of the damage has been concentrated in areas where newspaper are least distinctive.

To accurately tell whether someone is sociable, studies show, we need at least a minute, preferably five.

Today's CEO, at least for major American firms, must have many mere skills than simply being able to "run the company" CEOs must have a good sense of financial markets and Maybe even how the company should trade in them.

We still have a long way to go to get back to full employment, but at least we are now finally moving forward at a faster pace.

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