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best1 /best/ ●●●S1W1adjectiveadj [superlative of good]
1BESTbetter than anything else or anyone else in quality, skill, how effective it is etc 最好的
He won the best actor award.
他获得最佳男演员奖。
What’s the best way to cook this fish?
这鱼怎么烧最好?
The best thing to do is to stop worrying.
最好的办法就是不要再担心。
it’s best to do something
It’s best to go later in the season.
最好是当季晚些时候去。
easily the best/by far the best (=much better than anything else) 绝对是最好的
John’s idea is by far the best option.
约翰的主意绝对是最好的选择。
Our pilots are given the best possible training.
我们的飞行员接受最好的训练。
We use only the very best ingredients.
我们只用最好的原料。
2best friendBESTthe friend that you know and like better than anyone else 最好的朋友
She was my best friend in college.
她是我大学里最要好的朋友。
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best friend• Although many people would disagree, radio is without doubt the musician's best friend.• He was not allowed to mention the slaughtering to anyone, not even as a specialsecret between best friends.• I also learned to become my own best friend.• He was like a kid who had found a new best friend, and she was it.• When Julie had a home problem, her two best friends at work tried to offer advicebased on their own experiences.• Caroline and her best friend both had babies within three weeks of each other.• We lived next door to each other when we were kids, and we've been best friends ever since.• Stuart is just my brother's best friend - I've known him since I was six.• Trials so that her injuredbest friend Kay Poe could advance.• Didn't any of his best friends tell him?• After all - the man was one of his best friends, wasn't he?
3best dress/shoes/clothes etcBESTclothing that you keep for special occasions 最好的礼服/鞋子/衣服等〔指留待特殊场合穿戴的衣物等〕
I put on my best suit for the wedding.
我穿上最好的一套衣服参加婚礼。
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best dress/shoes/clothes etc• The best car, the wittiestput-down, and the best dress.• They would never let you in alone, even though you are wearing your best clothes.• The princessarrayed herself in her best clothes and jewels.• I washed them, then dressed them in their best clothes, but never new ones.• She had her best shoes on, and a new hat.• She had the best dress sense of any girl in Benedict's and a passion for altering the colour of her hair.• Everyone was in black because their best clothes were for funerals, and everyone danced.• The first best clothes were only for Sunday and when visitors came.
4the next best thingLIKE/SIMILARsomething that is not exactly what you want but is as similar to it as possible 仅次于最好的东西,第二好的东西
If sterile equipment isn’t available, the next best thing is to clean equipment with disinfectant.
如果没有消毒设备,用消毒剂把设备清洁一下也是可以的。
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the next best thing• If I can't be home for Christmas, this is the next best thing.• He can't ask them, so he is doing the next best thing.• We went to the bookshelves to findthe next best thing.• We do, however, have the next best thing: a place to go for more information.• The room is the next best thing to being outside.• Video may seem like the next best thing to being there, but electronically mediatedinteractions are different from real-lifemeetings.• It is the next best thing to crossing the deserts of the world oneself.• I guess they figuredcalling their game Arnie was the next best thing to having a blockbusting movietitle.• The new switch is the next best thing we could do to moving.
5best of allBESTused to introduce the fact about a situation that is even better than the other good things 更好的是
It’s clean and well-located, but best of all, it’s affordable.
那里很干净,地段也不错,而更好的是,价格也承受得起。
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best of all• Of all the participants Reagan came out best of all.• I appeal to all who have ever known this best of allhospitals - fight for Bart's.• But Black Mountain was often not the best of allpossible worlds.• That was the thing he lovedbest of all: running free.• The Corps was a know-how, can-dooutfit, possibly the best of all the outfits that came to town.• I'd have liked best of all to have stuffed his mouth with hay.• Oh, but best of all was the chair in which I myself was destined momentarily to sit.• You can lose five pounds a week on this diet. And best of all, you never have to feel hungry.
6best beforeBritish EnglishBrEwritten on foodpackets with the date that the food should be eaten before 〔某一日期〕前食用最佳〔食品包装上注明的最迟食用日期〕
The series was easily the best TV drama this year.
by far the best
One girl stood out as by far the best singer.
adjectives
the best possible
We sold the house at the best possible time.
the best available
The tuition we offer here is the best available.
nouns
the best way to do/of doing something
The best way to learn a language is to live in a country where it is spoken.
the best thing to do
The best thing to do is to apologize immediately.
the best way forward (=the best way to make progress or deal with a problem)
We believe that a merger is the best way forward for the business.
make the best use of something
Making the best use of space is important in any room.
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best• I've read most of his books, but 'MosquitoCoast' is easily his best.• He had built a big new house in the valley, beside the bestclay for making good hard bricks.• In 1972 he had suggested independence as Ulster's best course and been severely criticized by Paisley and others.• Risking everything, Saskia auditions for the position of bestfriend with a dazzlingburst of literary fantasies.• The besticecream in the world is made in Italy.• This is a 19-inchdevice and is the best in the group on picture quality alone.• Front forces, in particular, lost a very high percentage of their best men in 1968.• Terry is the bestplayer on our team.• Probably the best thing to do is to drop me off outside.• It was by far the bestvacation I've ever had.• What's the best way to cook sweetpotatoes?• And the best way to cross the bridge is neither by bus nor car but by foot.• What's the best way to get to El Paso?
best way• See diversion sign and ask B if he knows the best way around it.• Unfortunately, this debateconceals more than it reveals and obscures the best ways of improving future trade agreements.• The congenitalapathetic inefficiency bred by the regime as the best way of keeping people down had also delayed the demolition process.• But the best way of making amends is to substitute for old habits new, and better, ones.• The best way to get scars to fade is to leave them alone.• The best way to handle them is not to put them in.• She believed the best way to keep a company profitable was to hire good people and give them a lot of rein.• Perhaps the best way to think of what lies ahead is to imagine that you are Columbus.
He’s perhaps best known for his role in ‘Midnight Cowboy’.
他最出名的可能是在《午夜牛郎》中的角色。
3as best you canspokenGOOD ENOUGH as well as you can, even if this is not very good 尽最大努力,竭力
I’ll try and fix it as best I can.
我会尽力把它修好。
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as best you can• I'll deal with the problem as best I can.• You just have to wait and catch your moment or piece things together as best you can.• I cleaned the car up as best I could, but it still looked a mess.• I would therefore be grateful if you could refer back to the letter I wrote and respondas best you can.• Our culture has no Obon ready-made, but we are filling in as best we can.• Then you gently and gradually work the new feather on, positioning it to match the originalplumageas best you can.• And her reaction to her illness was, as best I canglean, fraught with fear, discouragement, and depression.• We must also imagine our way into myth, as best we can, like actors in a play.• It is therefore necessary to locateas best we can the finalresting place or incidence of the major types of taxes.• Only a proportion of them are successful and the rest must struggleas best they can to obtainmates.• We'll have to manageas best we can without you.
had best• Perhaps we had best ask ourselves why our political institutionsfunction as they do.• They had best be careful.• The concept of differentiation is a keytheme of our work, and we had bestdiscuss it as the book unfolds.• Poets like Woodhouse had best go back to their jobs.• If so, we had bestlisten closely, since we will not get another chance.• Meanwhile we had bestprepare the way by showing that a medicinebeyondverbal shamanism is an aching need.• But pitchershad best take note as well.• All due, of course, to the fact that she had bested Travis McKenna.
2do your bestTRY TO DO OR GET somethingto try as hard as you can to do something 尽力而为;尽最大努力
As long as you do your best, we’ll be happy.
只要你尽力而为,我们就满意了。
do your best to do something
She did her best to make him comfortable.
她尽力让他感到舒服。
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do your best• Remember, always do your best, don't let them hook you, however tempting the bait.• Like Truman two decades earlier, Humphrey did his best to overcome the severehandicap of a badly split party.• But I did my best to feed them both.• We can only do our best.• What I learned from them specifically of the techniques of teaching I have had to do my best to unlearn since.• He wanted to do his best the first time he performed, and knew he was not in peak condition.• Once there, Drachenfels will do his best to isolate the crystal-wielding characters and rob them of their treasures.
4to the best of your knowledge/belief/ability etcTHINK SO/NOT BE SURECANused to say that something is as much as you know, believe, or are able to do 就某人所知/在某人看来/尽某人所能等
I’m sure he’ll do the work to the best of his ability.
我相信他会尽己所能做好这项工作。
5the best of somethingused to refer to something very good 最好的某事物
We wish him the best of luck with this venture.
我们祝愿他在这个风险项目上顺顺利利。
He hasn’t been in the best of health lately.
他近来身体状况不怎么好。
They didn’t part on the best of terms.
他们不欢而散。
They became the best of friends (=very close friends).
他们成了最好的朋友。
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the best of something• At the best oftimes, the industry is very competitive, but this is not the best of times.• Obviously, not the best of plans.• But BlackMountain was often not the best of all possible worlds.• He is the first to admit that he was not the best ofpatients.• Seb was not the best of patients.• But they clearly were not the best of their time, and that should be the No. 1 votingcriterion.
6with the best of intentions/for the best of reasonsused to mean that someone does something with good intentions or for good reasons, even if the result is not always good 出于好心,出于好意
I’m sure he went there with the best of intentions.
我相信他去那里是出于好心。
7the best of both worldsADVANTAGEa situation in which you have the advantages of two different things without any of the disadvantages 两全其美;各取其长
They live in a village but it’s only an hour from London, so they have the best of both worlds.
他们住在一个村子里,但离伦敦只有一小时路程,所以农村和城市的好处他们都能享受得到。
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the best of both worlds• And taking into account the prices of both the ME-6 and ME-10 they really are the best of both worlds.• An arrangement like this can often be the best of both worlds.• All in all, a great place to enjoythe best of both worlds.• You get the best of both worlds in a job like this: use your strong back and your agilemind.• But if the eye can remain open without being seen, then the prey has the best of both worlds.• Supporters say this type of extended day is the best of both worlds.• This is the best of both worlds.• Used in conjunction with a moisturising conditioner, it will give your lanklocksthe best of both worlds.• Job-sharing gives me the best of both worlds - I can be with my children and keep my professionalstatus.
8at your bestBESTperforming as well or effectively as you are able to 在最佳状态时
At her best, she’s a really stylish player.
她状态好的时候,确实是个很棒的选手。
He was never at his best early in the morning.
大清早他总不在最佳状态。
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at your best• At his best, he's one of the most excitingtennisplayers in the world.• This recording captures Grappelli at his very best.• The answer, in brief, is the method of empiricalinquiry, at its best the method of science.• But like Natalie Merchant, Cerbone is at her best when composingcharactersketches.• The Machine is at its best in primaries, but Daley was taking no chances.• Still, quarterbacks are not at their best when their throwing motion is impeded.• Augusta was not at her bestyesterday on a drab, grey day.• The early 1960s showed such policy at its best.• The formal work of the House is often seen at its best in committee.• And if I sometimes see them at their worst, I sometimes see them at their best as well.
9make the best of something (also make the best of a bad job/situation etcBritish EnglishBrE)ACCEPT to accept a situation that is not very good, and do whatever you can to make it better 尽可能利用〔不能令人满意的事物或处境〕;善处逆境
We are stuck here, so we might as well make the best of it.
反正我们被困在这儿了,不如随遇而安吧。
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make the best of something• A good travelpartnerlaughs and makes the best of it.• When Miihlenberg learned that it was indeed a free country, he made the best of things.• For the most part, however, he made the best ofcontemporary information.• Jackmade the best of his bad luck at being captured and found plenty to occupy his time.• In these circumstances one makes the best oflimited information.• Yet despite her palpablealienation from suburbanstay-at-homemotherhood, she is determined to make the best of it.• One has to make the best of a situation, after all.• It's not going to be fun, but we might as well make the best of it.
10all the bestLUCKYused to express good wishes to someone for the future 一切顺利,万事如意〔用于表示祝愿〕
We’d just like to wish him all the best in his new job.
但愿他在新的工作中一切顺利。
all the best for
All the best for the New Year!
新年万事如意!
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all the best• They still kept almost all the best in-state players.• In fact they are regularly seen around all the bestjoints.• They came, all the best and noblest, to join the company.• Maybe it was true that the Devil got all the best lines.• The movement has got all the best stories, even if it's a little short on facts.• On the surface, at least, Bonita Vista has all the bestqualities of a racially diversecampus.• Tell him I said goodbye and wish him all the best.• He wanted to give it all the best that was in him, of which he had more than he needed.• A facility that's said to representall the best in car manufacturingworldwide.
11at the best of timesNEVERif something is not very good, pleasant etc at the best of times, it is usually even worse than this (即使)在最好的情况下
It’s crowded at the best of times, but today it was unbearable.
12.the best of a bad lot/bunchBritish EnglishBrEBAD the least badperson or thing in a group of not very good people or things 不好之中最好的,差中之优
13be for the bestGOOD ENOUGH especially spoken used to say that a particularevent may seem bad now, but might have a good resultlater 也许不是件坏事
I still don’t want him to go, but maybe it’s for the best.
我还是不希望他去,但这也许是件好事。
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be for the best• Even though I lost my job, I knew it was for the best. It gave me the chance to start again.• After all, it may be for the best.• Anything that spurscreativitybehind the barmust be for the best.• He can smell nothing, which is for the best.• I decided to decide that it was for the best.• It may well be for the best.• Maybe it is for the best.• No one has been so heartless as to suggest we skip the picnic, but it is for the best.• Still, perhaps it was for the best.