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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- most [məust]
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1.
adjective
(almost all) (with uncount noun, plural noun) 大部分的
- most people
- 大多数人
- 2. adjective (the) most (in comparisons) (with uncount noun, plural noun) 最
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3.
pronoun
(uncount) 大部分
- 4. pronoun (plural) 大多数
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5.
adverb
(the) most (with verb) 最
- what I miss (the) most is...
- 我最想念的是...
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6.
adverb
the most comfortable/expensive sofa in the shop (with adj) 店里最舒服/贵的沙发
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7.
adverb
most efficiently/effectively (with adv) 最有效率/有效地
- most of all
- 最起码的
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8.
adverb
[+polite, interesting etc]
(very) 很
- a most interesting book
- 一本很有趣的书
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1.
adjective
(almost all) (with uncount noun, plural noun) 大部分的
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- most [most] [məust]
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- 1. adjective 比较级more（数量）最大的；最大程度的[用作much的最高级]
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2.
adjective
比较级more数目最多的；绝大部分的；绝大多数的；几乎全部的[用作many的最高级]
- 3. adverb 比较级more最[用于三个或三个以上音节的形容词或副词前构成该词的最高级]
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4.
adverb
很（常用于a后）
- a most beautiful morning
- 一个非常美好的清晨
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5.
adverb
[verbal]
几乎
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6.
noun
最大多数；最高程度
- 7. noun [动词用复]绝大多数；几乎全部人（或物）
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8.
noun
[slang]
同类中最好的某种东西（通常与the连用）
Collins English-English Dictionary
- most [məυst]
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1.
determiner
a great majority of; nearly all
- most people like eggs
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2.
determiner
(as pronoun; functioning as sing or plural)
- most of them don't know
- most of it is finished
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3.
determiner
the superlative of many much
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4.
adv
the superlative of much
- people welcome a drink most after work
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5.
adv
(intensifier)
- a most absurd story
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6.
adv
[US and Canadian]
[informal or dialect]
almost
- most every town in this state
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7.
adv
[Etymology]
Old English m
a st or mæ st, whence Middle English moste, me st; compare Old Frisian maest, Old High German meist, Old Norse mestr -
8.
adv
[Usage]
More and most should be distinguished when used in comparisons. More applies to cases involving two persons, objects, etc, most to cases involving three or more:
- John is the more intelligent of the two
- he is the most intelligent of the students
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1.
determiner
a great majority of; nearly all
Examples
- a store that honors most credit cards
- 接受大多数信用卡的商店 → honor
- most of us are going
- 我们中的绝大多数打算去 → most
- most horrible
- 最可怕的 → most
- most quickly
- 最快地 → most
- a most beautiful morning
- 一个非常美好的清晨 → most
- fish occur in most waters
- 在大多水域中都有鱼 → occur
- most roots of semitic languages are triliteral
- 闪语的大多数词根是三个字母的 → triliteral
- The thing he loves most is his house.
- 他最在乎的东西就是他的房子。
- Most of those aircraft are capable of launching anti-ship missiles.
- 这些飞机中的大部分都能发射反舰导弹。 → capable
- Most sea turtles live in warm waters.
- 大多数海龟生活在温水水域。
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