| 单词 | minimum |
| 释义 | minimum (once / 429 pages) nadj The minimum is the lowest or smallest amount possible or acceptable. If you do the minimum amount of work at your job, you might not get fired — but you definitely won't get promoted. Minimum is Latin for smallest, so clearly English speakers have done less than the minimum amount of messing with the meaning of this word. Obviously, the opposite is maximum. At minimum, you should know that the word means the smallest limit of something. At most, you should be able to talk about its Latin roots. WORD FAMILYminimum: minima, minimise, minimize, minimums+/minimise: minimisation, minimised, minimises, minimising/minimize: minimization, minimized, minimizes, minimizing USAGE EXAMPLESAnother possible target: The automatic increases to the state’s minimum wage that start in 2018. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) Andrew Puzder, a restaurant executive set to serve as labor secretary, will face scrutiny for past comments on the minimum wage, among other policies. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) In California alone, 12 cities raised their starting pay requirement, some to as high as $13 an hour, compared with $7.25 for the federal minimum. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) 1n the smallest possible quantity Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper lower limit maximum, upper limit the largest possible quantity skeleton something reduced to its minimal form extremum, peak the most extreme possible amount or value small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantityan indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude 2n the point on a curve where the tangent changes from negative on the left to positive on the right Ant|Hyper maximum the point on a curve where the tangent changes from positive on the left to negative on the right limit as far as something can go 3adj the least possible minimum wage Syn|Ant minimal borderline, marginal of questionable or minimal quality negligibleso small as to be meaningless; insignificant nominal, token, tokenishinsignificantly small; a matter of form only (`tokenish' is informal) stripped, stripped-downhaving only essential or minimal features maximal, maximum the greatest or most complete or best possible supremegreatest or maximal in degree; extreme |
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