to say the least

释义

至少可以这样说，退一步讲；

双语例句

This is a superficial assessment to say the least.
退一步说这是一个肤浅的评价。

Over six billion humans populate the Earth.
退一步说，有超过六十亿人类生活在大地上。

Well, at least let me take one of them.
那，最起码让我提一件行李。

We managed to operate a skeleton bus service during the strike.
罢工期间，我们设法保持最起码的公共汽车营运。

权威例句

1. The journey ahead of him was, to say the least, hazardous.

前面的道路无疑是艰险的。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

2. When a principle is asserted which establishes such a precedent, and may lead to such results, it is, to say the least, startling.

提出这么一个原则，建议这么一个前提，而得到这么一个结论，就是退一步说，也是令人惊骇的。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

3. The appearance of Frank Cowperwood at this time was, to say the least, prepossessing and satisfactory.

法兰克·柯帕乌这个时候的相貌，至少是讨人欢喜，令人满意的。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

4. The policy about stopping aircraft once they had landed was erratic, to say the least.

飞机降落时的拦阻办法，至少可以说变化很大。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

5. The logic of this was weird to say the least.

至少可以说，这个逻辑推理是奇怪的。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

6. Lying is a bad habit,to say the least of it.

说谎起码说来是一种坏习惯。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

7. An American would be puzzled, to say the least, by a reference to an alligator.

如果有人提到鳄鱼，美国人起码会感到迷惑不解。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

8. This is not the proper way to handle the matter, to say the least.

这样处理不妥。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

9. His background is a trifle dubious, to say the least.

起码可以说, 他的背景不大可靠.

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句

10. "I was surprised at what he said, to say the least."

毫不夸张地说，我对他的话感到吃惊。

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句