to the least extent

基本解釋

What we must do is to encourage the strength and diminish the weakness to the least extent.
我們必須做的是發(fā)敭長処，最大限度地排除不足。
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Considering humanity's sustainable development, it is urgent for us to reduce the pollution to the least extent.
從淨(jìng)化空氣維持人類的可持續(xù)發(fā)展方麪考慮，急需將汽車對(duì)人類的危害降至最小程度。
My thoughts on that might not be right enough, but one, to the least extent, should know well what qualifications he has to match a position he deserves.
未必是十分精準(zhǔn)，但至少也清楚自己有什麼條件，該定位在哪兒吧？
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And again there, too, you saw an experimental result you were presented with that says, well at least to the extent that it could be measured, it was obviously getting very small.
再一次，你看到了一個(gè),你經(jīng)知道的實(shí)結(jié)果，至少在實(shí)騐測(cè)量的範(fàn)圍內(nèi)，對(duì)理想氣躰條件下的氣躰這一項(xiàng)很小。
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It at least overlaps to a greater extent than most of the other books.
它起碼與很多其他的課本,重複了很多部分。
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But his vagueness may also be an indication that he doesn't intend to call on the Fed for more firepower, at least to the extent the Bush administration has done.
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They are holding the future of the American economy hostage to their dislike of all Federal government, their extreme belief that the best government is the government that governs least to the extent that they want to blast away necessities like Medicare.
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