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单词 more or less
释义 more or less
adverb
Etymology: Middle English moore or lesse
1. : to a varying or undetermined extent or degree : somewhat, rather
 < men who are all more or less expert in their knowledge — L.M.Judd >
 < stabilizing the … more or less arbitrary exchange rates — Jacob Viner >
 < more or less economical >
 < a copious supply of remedies, more or less drastic — W.G.Constable >
2. : with small variations : approximately, substantially
 < birds … looking more or less in one direction — James Stevenson-Hamilton >
 < more or less what this article will examine — N.A.Luyten >
— used in legal documents to cover trivial differences usually overlooked when bargaining in good faith
 < comprising an area of 6600 square feet more or less >
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