Not to react in the least little way to your shocking behaviour, your (I presume) enormous demise.
Vanessa Jones THE KINDEST USE A KNIFE (2002)
Life for Pauline, not in the least dismal, just always dictated by the fact of her daughter's existence.
Fay Weldon NOTHING TO WEAR AND NOWHERE TO HIDE: A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES (2002)
All related terms of 'the least'
at the least
at the minimum
in the least
You can use in the least and the least bit to emphasize a negative .
not in the least
not at all
to say the least
You can use to say the least to suggest that a situation is actually much more extreme or serious than you say it is.
the least I could/can do
You use expressions like ' that's the least that I can do ' to mean that you are very willing to do it, or to acknowledge someone's thanks .
the line of least resistance
If you take the line of least resistance in a situation , you do what is easiest , even though you think that it may not be the right thing to do. In American English, you usually talk about the path of least resistance .
Chinese translation of 'the least'
the least
最少 (zuìshǎo)
⇒ the gap between those earning the most and those earning the least收入最多的人与收入最少的人之间的差距 (shōurù zuì duō de rén yǔ shōurù zuì shǎo de rén zhījiān de chājù)
See least
Nearby words of
the least
the law caught up with him yesterday
the law of the jungle
the lay person
the least
the least expensive/attractive/interesting
the lecture circuit
the lecture was anything but boring
All related terms of 'the least'
not in the least
一点(點)也不 yīdiǎn yě bù
to say the least
至少可以说(說) zhìshǎo kěyǐ shuō
at the very least
至少 zhìshǎo
it was the least I could do
是我力所能及的 shì wǒ lì suǒ néng jí de
the least expensive/attractive/interesting
最便宜/没(沒)有魅力/没(沒)趣的 zuì piányi/méiyǒu mèilì/méiqù de ⇒ the least interesting of all his theories → 他所有理论中最没趣的 tā suǒyǒu lǐlùn zhōng zuì méiqù de