most
determiner, pronoun OPAL W
/məʊst/
/məʊst/
used as the superlative of ‘much’, ‘a lot of’, ‘many’- the largest in number or amount
（数量上）最多，最大 - Who do you think will get (the) most votes?
你认为谁会得到最多的选票？ - She had the most money of all of them.
在这些人当中，她最有钱。 - I spent most time on the first question.
我在第一个问题上花的时间最多。 - Who ate the most?
谁吃得最多？ - The director has the most to lose.
主任可能会损失最大。
- Who do you think will get (the) most votes?
- more than half of somebody/something; almost all of somebody/something
大多数；几乎所有 - I like most vegetables.
几乎什么蔬菜我都喜欢。 - Most classical music sends me to sleep.
大多数古典音乐都会让我睡着。 - As most of you know, I've decided to resign.
你们大多数人都知道，我已经决定辞职了。 - Most of the people I had invited turned up.
我邀请的人多半都来了。 - There are thousands of verbs in English and most (of them) are regular.
英语有数千个动词，大多数是规则的。
- I like most vegetables.
词源Old English māst, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch meest and German meist.
Idioms
at (the) most
- not more than
至多；不超过 - As a news item it merits a short paragraph at most.
作为一则新闻，它至多只能占一小段。 - There were 50 people there, at the very most.
那儿最多有 50 个人。
- As a news item it merits a short paragraph at most.
for the most part
- mostly; usually
几乎；差不多 - The contributors are, for the most part, professional scientists.
投稿者大多是专业科学家。
- The contributors are, for the most part, professional scientists.
make the most of something/somebody/yourself
- to gain as much advantage, pleasure, etc. as you can from somebody/something
最： 从某人/某物获得最大的优势，乐趣等- It's my first trip abroad so I'm going to make the most of it.
这是我第一次出国，我要充分利用这个机会。 - She doesn't know how to make the most of herself (= make herself appear in the best possible way).
她不知道如何充分表现自己。
- It's my first trip abroad so I'm going to make the most of it.