minimal

英 [ˈmɪnɪməl]

美 [ˈmɪnɪməl]

adj.  极小的; 极少的; 最小的

CET6TOEFLIELTS医学

Collins.2 / BNC.4547 / COCA.4313

牛津词典

adj.

• 极小的；极少的；最小的
  very small in size or amount; as small as possible
  1. The work was carried out at minimal cost.
     这项工作是以最少的开销完成的。
  2. There's only a minimal amount of risk involved.
     所冒的风险极小。
  3. The damage to the car was minimal.
     汽车受到的损坏很小。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 最小的;极少的;最低限度的
  Something that isminimalis very small in quantity, value, or degree.
  1. The co-operation between the two is minimal...
     双方的合作是最低限度的。
  2. One aim of these reforms is effective defence with minimal expenditure.
     这些改革的目的之一就是以最低成本实现有效的防御。

英英释义

adj

• the least possible
  1. needed to enforce minimal standards
  2. her grades were minimal
  3. minimum wage
  4. a minimal charge for the service
  Synonym:minimum

双语例句

• We have provided minimal helper classes and documentation that facilitate the building of these applications.
  我们提供了最小的帮助类和文档，它们可以简化这些应用程序的构建。
• One aim of these reforms is effective defence with minimal expenditure.
  这些改革的目的之一就是以最低成本实现有效的防御。
• The co-operation between the two is minimal
  双方的合作是最低限度的。
• For the optimal designs of the minimal integrity, the theoretics and methods are provided.
  这些结果为图的最小完整度的优化设计提供了理论和方法。
• I made a minimal incision in the chest cavity.
  我在胸腔出做了个最小切口。
• DB2 handles these versioning and temporal queries automatically and transparently with minimal impact on existing applications.
  DB2会自动和透明地处理这些版本控制和时态查询，对现有应用程序的影响极小。
• The money he'd been ordered to pay was minimal in relation to his salary.
  他被要求支付的金额与他的薪水相比微不足道。
• Our original, minimal set of viewpoints has grown over time.
  我们最初的最小集合的视点随着时间增长了。
• We talk about the maximal elements, the minimal elements and the covering elements.
  讨论了保序变换半群上的关于自然偏序的极大元、极小元和覆盖元。
• In this way, administrators can support new business requirements with minimal deployment time and cost.
  按照这种方式，管理员可以以最少的部署时间和开销支持新的业务需求。