| 单词 | minimum |
| 释义 | minimum (mɪnɪməm ) 1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B1 You use minimum to describe an amount which is the smallest that is possible, allowed, or required. He was only five feet nine, the minimum height for a policeman. ...a rise in the minimum wage. Synonyms: lowest, smallest, least, slightest Minimum is also a noun. This will take a minimum of one hour. [+ of] Four foot should be seen as an absolute minimum. 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B1 You use minimum to state how small an amount is. The basic needs of life are available with minimum effort. Neil and Chris try to spend the minimum amount of time on the garden. Minimum is also a noun. With a minimum of fuss, she produced the grandson he had so desperately wished for. 3. adverb 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. You're talking over a thousand pounds minimum for one course. 4. at the most phrase B2 You use at a minimum, or at the minimum, when you want to indicate that something is the very least which could or should happen. This would take three months at a minimum. At the minimum, they must be guaranteed against any form of further attack. 5. to a/the minimum phrase B2 If you say that someone keeps something to a minimum, or to the minimum, you mean that they keep the amount of it as small as possible. Office machinery is kept to a minimum. She has now cut her teaching hours to the minimum. Collocations: last a minimum of The ingenious manicure will last a minimum of three weeks without chipping and if you are careful it might remain looking fabulous for even longer. The Sun The veneers are said to last a minimum of one year. The Sun Election laws say the campaign must last a minimum of 36 days. canada.com The then-director of the contractor suggested that the rehabilitation would last a minimum of 50 years. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Universities provide either two or four years of education for undergraduate studies, while graduate programs last a minimum of two years. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They charge 3.49 per call plus 3.49 per minute (minimum charge 60 seconds). The Sun Customers had been charged 3.75% on cash withdrawals and 2.75% on foreign currency purchases, with a minimum charge of £1.50 per transaction. Times,Sunday Times Cash advances carry a 2.5 per cent handling fee, with a 2.50 minimum charge. Times, Sunday Times I was gobsmacked to find that it's a 40p minimum charge, but for that you get 20 minutes of talk time to a landline. Times, Sunday Times Proposals for a minimum charge per unit of alcohol would dent his takings. Times, Sunday Times The deal provides for a minimum commitment of $900m. Times, Sunday Times At $95 an hour (with a minimum commitment of 10 sessions), 'it's a luxury, yes'. Times, Sunday Times The changes include a new minimum commitment by the industry to deliver 100,000 solid wall insulation measures, providing certainty for this market over a longer period. Times, Sunday Times Membership requires a minimum commitment of three years with mandatory meeting attendance, and an invitation from one of the officers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 An applicant may not be a citizen of the country they desire to work in, and must be able to make a minimum commitment of one year. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It would also make it easier to sort out a bank that got into trouble at minimum cost to the taxpayer. Times, Sunday Times We painted the walls and cabinetry in a lighter colour for maximum impact at minimum cost. Times,Sunday Times These set out how the bank would recover following a crisis or, in the event of failure, how it could be dismantled at minimum cost to taxpayers and the economy. Times, Sunday Times Most of its rivals have straggled over the line since, but they are now in a slightly different contest - to sustain the zero-waste-tolandfill claim at minimum cost. Times, Sunday Times Choose the one that seems slightly better than the others, ie, the simplest, most likely to succeed, with minimum cost (time, effort, money, etc) and with a good result. Times, Sunday Times Expect to have to book for a minimum number of nights rather than just the day of the match. Times, Sunday Times A host of federal employment and nondiscrimination laws apply to employers that are engaged in interstate commerce (many also require a minimum number of employees). Christianity Today In addition, several of these laws require that an employer have a minimum number of employees. Christianity Today The change would introduce fines for companies whose employees failed to take a minimum number of days off. Times, Sunday Times They specify the minimum number of stewards required at a stadium. Times, Sunday Times But it's vital to pay back at least the minimum payment each month, preferably more. The Sun She has also taken the wise step of setting up a direct debit to cover the minimum payment amount each month. The Sun Savers were guaranteed a minimum payment when they took out the policies, but the company failed to deliver. Times, Sunday Times In most cases, making the minimum payment would take at least 20 years to pay off the balance. Christianity Today These offer a minimum payment regardless of performance. Times, Sunday Times Ministers had rejected a 50p minimum price per unit that might have saved an estimated 3,000 lives a year. Times, Sunday Times The cheapest flat registered as sold was 3.6m, almost half the widely reported 6.5m minimum price. Times, Sunday Times Ministers unveiled proposals this week to impose a 45p a unit minimum price on alcohol. The Sun In fact, they admit people will keep drinking less even without a minimum price. The Sun So how would a minimum price for alcohol help to improve this bleak situation? Times, Sunday Times Both attract a 1,495 fee and require a rental cover of 125 per cent or above and a minimum purchase price of 100,000. Times, Sunday Times But to gain exclusive rein of the park for a day, you'd have to guarantee a minimum purchase of 8,000 tickets and meals. Christianity Today Previously, the best shoppers could get was free two-day shipping; often there was a minimum purchase amount. Times,Sunday Times Last month, the company announced a new pricing strategy, including the removal of the six-bottle minimum purchase rule. Times, Sunday Times A big factor in the performance was the decision last year to cut the minimum purchase from 12 bottles to six. Times, Sunday Times However, we are cautious of achieving this by instigating a minimum ratio of nurses to patients. Times, Sunday Times Recommended minimum ratio of midwives to births. Times, Sunday Times The margin requirement establishes a minimum ratio of the value of the securities to the amount borrowed. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 On the other hand minimum ratios of air-to-liquid should be guaranteed to have reliable transporting conditions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It also aims to raise the minimum speed for homes which cannot get fibre to ten megabits per second. The Sun Before choosing a supplier, check the minimum speed it promises to provide. Times, Sunday Times On motorways, at night, simply impose a minimum speed limit of 140mph. The Sun But they refuse to reveal the minimum speed at which they will take action, meaning that many motorists are likely to stick to a rigid 70mph. Times, Sunday Times The minimum speed was 2 km/h (1.24 mph). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Seven-night minimum stay in resort required, at least three of them before the ceremony. Times, Sunday Times Note that, as with many private apartments, there's a minimum stay. Times, Sunday Times It has no minimum stay, accepting bookings for just one night. Times, Sunday Times Prices for the three-night minimum stay start at 3,475. Times, Sunday Times A 5-night minimum stay and 21-night maximum stay applies for all offers. The Sun There has been little air frost, in which the minimum temperature falls below freezing. Times,Sunday Times There will be a minimum temperature, however, wherein the rate of deposition becomes faster than the rate at which unreacted silane arrives at the surface. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He further goes on to mention how the criterion for calm was changed while the global trend for minimum temperature remained unchanged. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The 10th percentile temperature corresponds to the minimum temperature that would be reached no more than 3 days out of 30 for the month (decile). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Since film boiling occurs after nucleate boiling, the minimum temperature for film boiling should have a proportional dependence on the surface tension. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But the troupe proved so popular that now the minimum weight has been raised to 17st. The Sun Car and driver together have to be a minimum weight of 640kg, so the less the driver weighs, the more technical gizmos can be put on the car. The Sun He has to sacrifice most meals, abstain from alcohol, run daily and sweat in hot baths to get down to his minimum weight of 8st 4lb. Times, Sunday Times This translates as a minimum weight of 56 kilos (8.8 stone) for a height of 1.75 metres (5ft 9in). Times, Sunday Times There's a minimum weight of 5st 5lb, and the queues get longer as the cruise progresses. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 最低的, 最小值 Japanese: 最小の, 最小限 |
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