best adj. 〔good 和 well 的最高级〕 (opp. worst). 1.最好的。 2.最合适的。 3.最多的,大部分的。 4.〔口语〕最厉害的,彻头彻尾的。 the best painter of our day 当代最优秀的画家。 the best thing to do 最好的办法。 She feels best in the morning. 她早上精神最好。 the best man for the job 最适合做那项工作的人。 the best part of a day 大半天。 the best liar 吹牛大家。 one's best boy [fellow] 〔俚语〕男朋友,情人。 one's best days 全盛时代,得意时代。 one's best girl 〔俚语〕女朋友,情人。 put [set] one's best foot [leg] foremost [forward] 1. 〔英国〕拼命走,赶快。 2. 〔美国〕逞能,自夸拼命造成好印象。 adv. 〔well 的最高级〕最好,第一〔口语〕极,厉害地,大大地。 Everything goes best with me. 我一切顺利。 best-suited 最适合的。 best known 最有名的。 the best hated man 最可恨的人。 the best abused book 被批评得一无是处的书。 as best (as) one can 尽可能,尽量。 had best 最好是;以…为最妙 (You had best go with him. 你最好是跟他去。 He had best have done so. 他这样做了就最好了)。 n. 1.最佳,至上,最大努力。 2.最好的人;最好的事物[部分、衣服、结果、服装等]。 The best is the enemy of the good. 至上乃致善之敌,标准过高反于成功不利。 Bad is the best. 决无好事。 the second best 次好。 The best of us can make mistakes. 我们当中最好的人也会做错事。 the best of it [the joke] 最好的地方,最精彩处[最好笑处]。 one's Sunday best 最漂亮的衣服,节日的服装。 That's the best I can do for you. 我仅能帮你这么多忙了。 at (the) best 至多,充其量也不过 (You look a fool at the best, and a knave at worst. 你呀,说好呢不过像个傻瓜,说坏呢不过像个流氓。 We can not arrive before Friday at best. 我们在最好的情况下也得星期五到达)。 at one's [its] best 最美时期;最得意处;全盛时代,发挥最高的技术水平,处于最佳健康[精神]状态(He is at his best in short lyrics. 他最擅长的是写抒情短诗。 at one's creative best 在创作能力最旺盛时期。 cherry-blossoms at their best 樱桃花盛开时节。 Beer is at its best when it is cool. 冷啤酒味道最美)。 at the very best 〔强调语气〕 = at best. best of all 首先,第一;最。 do one's best 竭力,尽力。 do one's level best 〔俚、口〕竭尽个人最大可能,全力以赴。 (all) for the best 1. 出于好意。 2. 会[想]得到最好结果 (Everything will turn out for the best. 一切到最后都会好的。 He did it all for the best. 他那样做全是好意。 Hope for the best. 切莫悲观。 It was at the time hard to realize how it could be all for the best. 当时很难想到怎么会有这么好的结果)。 get (have) the best of 获胜;胜过 (His arthritis gets the best of him from time to time. 关节炎时常把他压倒)。 give sb. best 〔口语〕向…屈服;向…认输 (All right, I give you best. 算了,我认输)。 give it best 对(某事)罢念,想开。 have the best of it = get the best of it. make the best of 尽量利用,善用,善处。 make the best of a bad job [business, bargain] (处境不利时)尽量把损失减到最小,善处逆境。 make the best of one's way 拼命快走。 make the best of things 随遇而安。 none of the best 不甚好。 of the best 最好的;〔英口〕1镑钞票 (ten of the best 一镑钞票十张)。 to the best of one's (power knowledge) 竭力,不遗余力;竭尽(所能,所知)。 try one's best 尽全力。 with the best 不比任何人坏,不下于人。 vt. 〔口语〕 1.超过,击败(某人)。 2.欺,骗,瞒。 He bests me in the mathematics. 他在数学方面超过我。 best the pistol 抢跑,枪未响即冲出起跑线。
A bad husband would have remarkable facilities for making her miserable, for she would have neither the intelligence nor the resolution to get the better of him . 一个坏丈夫会有各种办法使她痛苦,因为她既没有那种聪明也没有那种决心去跟他较量。
Am i a man like to let any sneaking, crawling, skin-trader get the better of me in a matter that touches me as near as the kindness of judith hutter ? 在取得朱迪丝·哈特欢心这样的大事上,我能让一个鬼鬼祟祟的马屁精、骗子手、毛皮贩子占我的上风么?
I mean, it's iike, i don't get the best grades 我是说,就是说我的成绩不是最好
Your conscience got the better of you, that's what 你的良心占了上风这就是原因
But you've just say i got the best number 什么“席”呀?我好久没有在席上睡啦
After a long struggle, we get the best of them 经过一番苦斗,我们打败了他们。
He says i've got the best backside he's ever seen 他说我的反面是他见过最好的
The student who got the best grade was given a prize 那位获得最好成绩的学生得了奖
I will get the best grade on this test for sure 我这次考试一定会考最高分。
I like to think she got the best of both worlds 我想她得到了世界上最好东西