more or less

1. The officers were more or less able to dictate terms to successive governments
   这些军官多多少少都能和继任的各届政府谈些条件。
2. The author can report other people's results which more or less agree with hers.
   作者可以提及其他人得出的和她自己基本吻合的结果。
3. The Conference is more or less over
   会议快结束了。
4. He more or less started the firm
   他基本上启动了公司的业务。
5. I was meeting these chaps who were mostly more or less my own age.
   我见到了这帮小伙子，他们多数和我年龄相仿。
6. The cattle disease occurs more or less anywhere in Africa where the fly occurs
   在非洲凡是有这种蝇虫的地方，几乎都会出现这一牛病。
7. He more or less railroaded the rest of Europe into recognising the new 'independent' states
   他几乎是迫使着其他欧洲国家承认了那些新兴的“独立”国家。
8. The fine they gave her is just more or less a slap on the wrist.
   他们对她开出的罚金不过是一个轻微的警告而已。
9. Production is more or less at a standstill.
   生产几乎处于停顿状态。
10. She started off by accusing him of blackmail but he more or less ignored her
    她先是指控他勒索，但他几乎不理睬她。
11. They swayed back and forth, more or less in sync with the music.
    他们来回摇摆，基本上与音乐同步。
12. It more or less gets the thumbs up from everyone.
    它多多少少得到了每个人的支持。
13. We decided, more or less on a whim, to sail to Morocco
    我们多少有点心血来潮，决定航海去摩洛哥。
14. The contents are more or less the same.
    内容相仿佛。
15. They've had their revenge more or less.
    他们总算出口气了。
16. These food markets have more or less the same setup.
    几个菜市场的格局差不多。
17. Everybody felt more or less thirsty.
    大家都感到有些渴。
18. I suspect that he is more or less involved in the affair.
    我猜他和这件事有点牵连。
19. I've more or less finished reading the book.
    我差不多已经把这本书全看完了。
20. In investing money some people go for more or less assured dividends, others for capital increase.
    拿钱投资，有的人打算得到多少有点保障的股息，有的人则为了增加资本。
21. For many, there is a more or less unwritten code here.
    对多数人来说，这里或多或少有个约定俗成的文法。
22. They've more or less finished the job.
    这活儿他们大致干完了。
23. More or less they felt tired.
    或多或少，他们感到累了。
24. It is now more or less settled.
    现在这件事差不多定下来了。
25. What you have done will more or less be helpful to us.
    你所做的一切或多或少将对我们有帮助。
26. Each of us have seen movies, and these movies more or less affect us.
    我们每个人都看过电影，这些电影或多或少地影响了我们。
27. She more or less suggested I had stolen it.
    她或多或少地在暗示是我偷了。
28. Roger's ideas had been more or less ignored.
    罗杰的想法差不多被忽视了。
29. More or less. I'm not alone anymore.
    多多少少！我不孤单了。
30. Has racing become more or less interesting for you?
    比赛对你来说是更有趣了还是无聊了？

adv

1. (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
   1. lasted approximately an hour
   2. in just about a minute
   3. he's about 30 years old
   4. I've had about all I can stand
   5. we meet about once a month
   6. some forty people came
   7. weighs around a hundred pounds
   8. roughly $3,000
   9. holds 3 gallons, more or less
   10. 20 or so people were at the party

   Synonym:    approximatelyaboutclose tojust aboutsomeroughlyaroundor so

2. to a small degree or extent
   1. his arguments were somewhat self-contradictory
   2. the children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other

   Synonym:    slightlysomewhat