max

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max1 /mæks/ noun [countableC] informal

1 TMthe abbreviation of maximum / maximum 的缩写，最大量，最大值

Five people will fit, but that’s the max.

可容纳五个人，但这是极限了。

2 to the max informal LOT/VERY MUCHto the greatest degree possible 到最大量；到最大值；到最大限度

We had the air conditioner turned up to the max.

我们让人把空调开到了最大挡。

Examples from the Corpus

to the max• Carbed to the max, we were very happy with our choices.• The car represented all that was good about freedom and excitement and living life to the max.• We had the air conditioner turned up to the max.

—max adjectiveadj , adverb

Let’s say two hours to get there, max.

到那里就算两个小时吧，最多了。

Examples from the Corpus

max• This credit card has a max of $2000.• An hour or two here, max, is all it takes.• I bet the max, and prepared to count the spoils.• You can drive 65 miles per hour on this highway, but that's the max.• In by 21 May and 250 words max.

max2 verb

1 max out phrasal verbphr v American EnglishAmE informal

a) max something ↔ out to use something such as money or supplies so that there is none left 用光，用尽〔金钱或供应品〕

I maxed out my Visa.

我的维萨卡透支额度已经用完了。

b) TOO/TOO MUCHto do too much, eat too much etc 〔做、吃等〕过多

‘Want a beer?’ ‘Nah, I maxed out on booze this weekend.’

“来杯啤酒吗？”“不要了，我这个周末喝得够多了。”

From Longman Business Dictionary

maxmax /mæks/

abbreviation for MAXIMUM

Origin max1