/li:st; list/
indef det, indef pron (used as the superlative of little2 用作little2的最高级) smallest in size, amount, extent, etc 最小的; 最少的; 最小; 最少.
(a) (det)
*He's the best teacher even though he has the least experience. 他尽管经验最少, 但教得最好.
* The least worry we have is about the weather. 我们最不担心的就是天气.
* If you had only the least thought for others you would not have spoken out in that way. 你若稍为他人着想, 必不会那样说话. =>Usage at much 用法见much.
(b) (pron)
*That's the least of my anxieties. 那是我最不担心的.
* It's the least I can do to help. 这是我能帮忙做的最起码的事了.
* She gave (the) least of all towards the wedding-present. 她给的结婚礼物最少.

adv
1 to the smallest extent 最少; 最小
*just when we least expected it 偏偏在我们最想不到的时候
* He disliked many of his teachers and Miss Smith he liked (the) least. 很多老师他都不喜欢, 最不喜欢的是那个女教师史密斯.
* She chose the least expensive of the hotels. 她选了一家最便宜的旅馆.
* one of the least performed of Shakespeare's plays 莎士比亚戏剧中演得最少的一出.
2 (idm 习语) at least
(a) if nothing else is true; at any rate 反正; 无论如何
*She may be slow but at least she's reliable. 她迟钝是迟钝, 但无论如何她很可靠.
(b) not less than 至少
*at least
3 months, 3,
10 inches 至少3个月、3英镑、10英寸. ,least of `all to an insignificant degree 最不; 尤其
*Nobody need worry, you least of all/least of all you. 谁也不必担心, 尤其是你.
* Least of all would I lie to you. 我最犯不上对你撒谎了. ,not in the `least absolutely not; not at all 绝对不; 一点也不
*It doesn't matter in the least. 那绝对不要紧.
* `Would you mind if I put the television on?' `No, not in the least.' ｀我开电视机影响你吗?＇｀一点都不影响.＇ not least especially; in particular 尤其是; 特别是
*The film caused a lot of bad feeling, not least among the workers whose lives it described. 那影片招致许多人的反感, 尤其是工人不满其中对工人生活的描写. last but not least => last2.