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ADJ
最小的;最低限度的
You use minimum to describe an amount which is the smallest that is possible, allowed, or required.
例句
He was only five feet nine, the minimum height for a policeman.
他只有5英尺9英寸高，刚刚达到当警察的最低身高要求。
...a rise in the minimum wage.
最低工资的提高
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ADJ
(数量)极少的
You use minimum to state how small an amount is.
例句
The basic needs of life are available with minimum effort...
稍加努力就能满足生活的基本需求。
Neil and Chris try to spend the minimum amount of time on the garden.
尼尔与克里斯想尽可能少花时间打理花园。
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ADV
最低;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.
例句
You're talking over a thousand pounds minimum for one course.
你说的可是一门课程收费至少1,000英镑。
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PHRASE
至少;最小
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.
例句
This would take three months at a minimum...
这至少要3个月。
At the minimum, they must be guaranteed against any form of further attack.
至少要保证他们不再受到任何形式的攻击。
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PHRASE
尽可能少的数量;最低限度
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.
例句
Office machinery is kept to a minimum...
办公室的机器数量维持在最低限度。
She has now cut her teaching hours to the minimum.
她现在已经把她的教学时间减至最低限度。