| 单词 | 最低限度 |
| 释义 | 〔subthreshold〕Not strong enough to be perceived or to produce a response. Used of a stimulus.阈下的，最低限度的：不能被肉眼观察得到的，不足以引起反应的，用于一个刺激〔fail〕To receive an academic grade below the acceptable minimum.不及格：达到的学术等级低于最低限度〔floor〕A lower limit or base:最低限度或基数：〔minimum〕A lower limit permitted by law or other authority.最低限度：被法律或其它权威允许的最低限度〔minimum〕The lowest degree or amount reached or recorded; the lower limit of variation.最低点，最低限度：所能达到和所能记录下来的最低程度或最小数量；变化范围内的最低限度〔minimize〕To reduce to the smallest possible amount, extent, size, or degree.减少到最低限度：将其总数、范围、尺寸或程度缩减到尽可能小〔minimal〕Etymologically,minimal is properly used to refer to the smallest possible amount, as inThe amplifier reduces distortion to the minimal level that can be obtained with present technologies. In recent years, however,the word has come to be used to refer simply to a small amount,as inIf you would just put in a minimal amount of time on your homework, I am sure your grades would improve. Critics have often objected to this extension,but it appears to be well established.To determine the acceptability of the newer use,we presented the Usage Panel with the sentence 从词源学上来说，minimal 应被正确地用来指最小的可能数量， 如在这台扩大器能将失真减至为当前技术水平所有达到的最低限度内 。 但是近几年来，此词已被用来表示一个较少的数量，如在假如你在家庭作业上花上一点时间的话，我敢肯定你的成绩会变好的 一句中。 批评家们经常反对这种延伸，但这似乎已被广泛接受。为确定这种较新用法的被接受程度，我们以下句进行了用法调查 〔marginal〕Barely within a lower standard or limit of quality:最低限度的：仅维持在某一较低标准或限度内的：〔fail〕To receive an academic grade below the acceptable minimum in (a course, for example):不及格：达到的学术等级低于能接受的最低限度（如某门课程）：〔Fuller〕American architect and inventor who sought to solve practical problems with simple designs that require a minimum of materials and energy. The geodesic dome is his best-known invention.富勒，理（查德）·巴克敏斯特：(1895-1983) 美国建筑师和发明家，他寻求用简单设计来解决将原材料和能源消耗降到最低限度的实际问题。其知名度最高的发明是网格球顶〔begin〕To do or accomplish in the least degree:起步：完成或达到最低限度： |
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