英语释义

1. at least —used to suggest that a number or amount is surprisingly large
No fewer than 1,000 people attended the meeting.No fewer than 80 percent of registered voters turned out for the primary.

片语

no less than不少于，多达…；正如

英汉例句

• during the past year, i「ve read no fewer than five books — and a raft of scientific research — which powerfully challenge that assumption (see below for a list).

  在过去一年里，我读的书不少于五本——大量科学研究方面的书——它们彻底地改变了那个原先的设想（参照下文的列表）。

• ms. burrell walked into the kitchen one evening to find no fewer than eight separate bottles of dishwashing liquid on the kitchen counter, all neatly lined up and labeled with their owners」 names.

  一天晚上，奥莉维亚走进厨房，发现操作台上立着至少八瓶洗涤液，摆得整整齐齐，上面还写着拥有者的名字。

• using the imf’s definition (ie, growth below 3%), the world economy has been in recession for no fewer than 11 out of the past 28 years.

  使用imf的定义（即是，增速低于3％），世界经济在过去28年中衰退的时间不少于11年。

• what distinguishes the mona lisa is that no fewer than three portraits coexist within it simultaneously.

  蒙娜丽莎的与众不同之出在于，在一幅画中，她同时表现了至少这三种形式。

• in italy the government agreed a spending plan unanimously at cabinet level. but when it went to parliament, there were 7, 000 amendments, of which no fewer than 3, 000 came from the ruling coalition.

  在意大利，内阁一致通过年度预算，但是当预算提交到议会时，要修改的地方多达7000处，有3000处之多的修改意见来自执政联盟。

• in the past decade, no fewer than nine of the acting prizes have gone to actors working in this genre, impersonating everyone from june carter cash (reese witherspoon) to idi amin (forest whitaker).

  在过去的十年中，不少于九个表演奖被这类演员收入囊中，他们扮演的角色从琼·卡特·卡什（瑞茜·威瑟斯彭饰演）到伊迪·阿明（福里斯特·惠特克饰演）都有。

• the may health assembly adopted no fewer than 5 resolutions setting out ways to build stronger health systems that extend affordable services to the poor.

  5月的卫生大会通过了至少5项有关决议，为建设更强有力的卫生系统，向穷人提供可负担服务开辟了途径。

• no fewer than 34 states are allowing early voting in person this year, and only a handful require an excuse.

  不少于34个州同意今年提前投票，只有极少数还要求给个理由。

• still, it came as a surprise to bump into no fewer than four of them.

  尽管这样，我还是感到很奇怪，因为我在这里至少遇见了四个车手。

• no fewer than 237 house members and 41 senators have done so.

  不少于237名众议员和41名参议员已在该项承诺书上签字。

• ohio occupies 18 seats in the house of representatives in washington, and no fewer than six of them are now reckoned by the pollsters to be in play, all of them democrat-held.

  据调查显示，俄亥俄州在华盛顿众议院的18个席位中，不少于六个席位面临换届，但它们原来都由民主党控制。

• fully 23% of voters said in one recent poll that they agreed with mr le pen's ideas, and 31% wanted him to stand again. no fewer than 36% guessed he would again make it into the second round.

  非常有可能，最近的一个民意调查有23%的选民都同意勒庞先生的观点，31%的选民希望他能够再次竞选，不少于36%的选民猜测他应该能再次进入第二轮。

• he got off despite no fewer than five former chief financial officers telling the court that he had had a hand in the fraud.

  但是，尽管不少于五位前财政执行官上庭作证，指控他参与了该诈骗案，他还是被宣告无罪释放。

• in a recent survey amr research, another consultancy, identified no fewer than 157 providers.

  最近，另一家调研顾问公司amr研究公司调查显示，同样的软件提供商不少于157家。

• no fewer than four madmen: one by trade, another by intention, and the last two through suffering--four disordered bodies, four unutterable aspects of a single condition.

  疯子不少于四个：一个出于交易，一个出于意愿，最后两个则折磨而成——四个紊乱的肉体，同一种境遇却有这四种无法言传的面目。

• the police judged that they needed no fewer than 20 armed officers to arrest mr nel at his home.

  警队辨称，他们逮捕在家中的耐尔只用了不到20个武装警察。

• though mr lieven knows pakistan from the inside, mr riedel, who has advised no fewer than four american presidents, knows power from the inside—something he is keen to share with the reader.

  虽然列文从叙述中认识了巴基斯坦，但是曾向不下四位美国总统提过建议的里德尔却是从叙述中认识了权力，而这些叙述正是他渴望与读者分享的东西。

• the main thing is to give them hope and teach them the latest techniques for looking for work, of which he lists no fewer than 18.

  关键是要给求职者以希望，并且教给他们最新的求职技巧，鲍尔斯列出了不少于18条这样的技巧。

• senators from both sides of the aisle had, by the time the economist went to press, put forward no fewer than 564 amendments to the bill.

  参议院里的两党通过了至少564项的议案修正案条例（正当经济学人付梓之时）。

• its eighth in brussels this week attracted no fewer than 46, as well as representatives of the european union and the association of south-east asian nations (asean).

  本周在布鲁塞尔召开的第八次会议召集的国家不少于46个，还有另外的与会者是来自自欧盟和东盟的代表。

• two conclusions leap out from a huge new survey of the american religious landscape—based on interviews with no fewer than 35, 000 people—from the pew forum on religion and public life.

  丕优宗教与公共生活论坛对超过35,000受访者就美国宗教大花园的大型调查得出了两个结论。

• no fewer than 1, 461 proteins are involved in this biological machinery, they report in the current issue of nature neuroscience.

  他们在现刊自然神经科学中报告说，这部生物装置包含了多达1461个的蛋白质成分。