雅思考试必备短语词组 at the best
释义:
at the best 充其量,至多
例句:
American football's a rough game at the best of times.
在最好的情况下足球也是一项粗野的运动。
Living off the land was hard enough at the best of times.
即使是在最好的时期靠种地生活也是很艰难的。
He's never very happy at the best of times—he'll be much worse now!
他即使在情绪最好的时候也从未很高兴过,现在就更糟了!
We are at the best of time of this century.
我们正处于本世纪最好的时期。
Home tutoring was common in the families of the nobility and wealthy, and bullying and corporal punishment were common at the best independent schools.
在贵族家庭中家庭补习很普遍,在最好的私立学校里欺凌和体罚很常见。
Scary at the best of times.
来自最好时光的恐慌。
At the best of times airlines are fragile.
即使在最好的时候,航空业也很脆弱。
Families vacation at the best resorts.
一家子旅游都在最好的度假胜地。
Sergio: I saw you looking at the best man.
塞吉奥:我发现你在看伴郎。
I think we have to get the best service at the best price.
我认为我们必须以最好的价格获得最好的服务。
We'll travel round the world and we'll stay at the best hotels.
就去周游世界,并且往最好的旅馆。
Measuring knowledge worker productivity is hard at the best of times
很多时候,要度量知识工作者的工作效率是很困难的。
European elections struggle to generate excitement at the best of times.
欧洲选举则力争在最有利的情况下令人激动一把。
Rich, well-connected bankers have a limited call on sympathy at the best of times.
富有,出身好的银行家在这最好时候同情心有限。
Rosarno is in Calabria, the toe of Italy, a lawless place at the best of times.
Rosarno位于意最南端的卡拉布里亚区,这是一个法律无法触及的地方。
Theories are poor things at the best, and the bulk of mine have perished long ago.
理论不过是些贫乏的东西,我头脑中的大多理论早就消失不见了。
If we win a lot of money we'll travel round the world and we'll stay at the best hotels.
要是我们赢了很多钱,我们就去周游世界,并且往最好的旅馆。
Small farming towns like Huron, which appear rickety at the best of times, are now desperate.
像休伦这样的小型农业城镇,在经济最好的时候也岌岌可危,现在更是穷途末路了。
The Iranian capital Tehran is at the best of times - one of the most polluted cities on earth.
即使在环境状况最好的时候,伊朗首都德黑兰仍然是世界上污染程度最严重的城市之一。