more or less
UKmɔːrərles
معنی فارسی
کم يا بيش کمابيش
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
This phrase is a combination of 'more', 'or', and 'less', all of which are of Old English origin.
مثال
- The job is more or less done.
- She's more or less agreed to help us.
- The total cost was more or less $1000.
ترکیبهای رایج
More or less done More or less agreed More or less like
تعریف انگلیسی
adverb
- (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct “lasted approximately an hour” “in just about a minute” “he's about 30 years old” “I've had about all I can stand” “we meet about once a month” “some forty people came” “weighs around a hundred pounds” “roughly $3,000” “holds 3 gallons, more or less” “20 or so people were at the party”
- to a small degree or extent “his arguments were somewhat self-contradictory” “the children argued because one slice of cake was slightly larger than the other”