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最小的,最少的;最不重要的,地位最低的最小,最少,最不最小,最少
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Least \Least\, adv.
In the smallest or lowest degree; in a degree below all
others; as, to reward those who least deserve it.
Least \Least\, conj.
See {Lest}, conj. [Obs.] --Spenser.
Least \Least\, a. [OE. last, lest, AS. l?sast, l?sest, superl.
of l?ssa less. See {Less}, a.] [Used as the superlative of
little.]
Smallest, either in size or degree; shortest; lowest; most
unimportant; as, the least insect; the least mercy; the least
space.
Note: Least is often used with the, as if a noun.
I am the least of the apostles. --1 Cor. xv.
9.
{At least}, or {At the least}, at the least estimate,
consideration, chance, etc.; hence, at any rate; at all
events; even. See {However}.
He who tempts, though in vain, at least asperses The
tempted with dishonor. --Milton.
Upon the mast they saw a young man, at least if he
were a man, who sat as on horseback. --Sir P.
Sidney.
{In least}, or {In the least}, in the least degree, manner,
etc. ``He that is unjust in the least is unjust also in
much.'' --Luke xvi. 10.
{Least squares} (Math.), a method of deducing from a number
of carefully made yet slightly discordant observations of
a phenomenon the most probable values of the unknown
quantities.
Note: It takes as its fundamental principle that the most
probable values are those which make the sum of the
squares of the residual errors of the observation a
minimum.
資料來源 : WordNet®
least
adv : used to form the superlative; "The garter snake is the least
dangerous snake" [syn: {to the lowest degree}] [ant: {most}]
least
adj 1: the superlative of `little' that can be used with mass nouns
and is usually preceded by `the'; a quantifier meaning
smallest in amount or extent or degree; "didn't care
the least bit"; "he has the least talent of anyone"
[syn: {least(a)}] [ant: {most(a)}]
2: minimal in magnitude; "lowest wages"; "the least amount of
fat allowed"; "the smallest amount" [syn: {lowest}, {smallest}]
3: having or being distinguished by diminutive size; "the least
bittern" [syn: {littlest}, {smallest}]