minimum
[ADJ, ADV, NOUN]
1. 最小量的 , 最低限度的
You use minimum to describe an amount which is the smallest that is possible, allowed, or required.
双语例句
例：He was only five feet nine, the minimum height for a policeman.
他只有5.9英尺高，这是对警察身高要求的底线。
例：If found guilty, she faces a minimum sentence of ten years and 30 lashes.
如果被证明有罪，她要面临至少10年的监禁和30下鞭子。
例：a rise in the minimum wage.
最低工资的提高。
2. 很小的
You use minimum to state how small an amount is.
双语例句
例：The basic needs of life are available with minimum effort.
无须过多努力就可以满足生活的基本需求。
ADJ. 形容词
1. 至少
If you say that something is a particular amount minimum, you mean that this is the smallest amount it should be or could possibly be, although a larger amount is acceptable or very possible.
双语例句
例：You're talking over a thousand dollars minimum for one course.
你们讨论的是一门课程至少一千美元。
ADV. 副词
1. [SING 单数型名词] 最小量 , 最低限度
The minimum is the smallest amount that is possible, allowed, or required.
双语例句
例：This will take a minimum of one hour.
这最少要用一个小时。
例：To provide welfare at a level greater than this bare minimum discourages self-reliance.
提供高于这一最低限度的福利阻碍人们自食其力。
2. [SING 单数型名词] 很小量
A minimum of something is a very small amount of it.
双语例句
例：With a minimum of fuss, she produced the grandson he had so desperately wished for.
她不声不响地生下了他翘首以盼的孙子。
NOUN. 名词
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