worst

英 [wɜːst] 美 [wɜːrst]

• adj. 最坏的；最差的；最不利的
• n. 最坏的事物
• adv. 最坏；最差
• 形容词bad或ill的最高级.

双解释义

adj. (形容词)

1. [A] 最坏的,最差的

   more bad, unpleasant, or unsatisfactory than any one or anything else

2. 〈美〉最恶劣,最有害

   most harmful, gravest

adv. (副词)

1. 最坏地,最恶劣地

   most badly

n. (名词)

1. [S] 最坏的人〔情况〕

   the most bad part, state, event, possibility, etc.

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. 最坏的，最恶劣的
2. 最差的，最不利的，最糟的
3. 最有害的
4. 最痛苦的
5. 错误最多的
6. 效能最低的
7. 输得最惨的
8. 最严重的
9. 最薄弱的
10. 顶没出息的
11. 不可救药的

n. 名词

1. 最坏者
2. 最坏的部分
3. 最坏的情况
4. 最严重的事
5. 无论怎样坏

adv. 副词

1. 最坏地， 最恶劣地
2. 最不利地，最糟地，最严重地
3. 极坏
4. 极度
5. 最讨厌地

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1. 形容词bad或ill的最高级

v. 动词

1. 战胜，胜过，打败对方，打败， 击败

英英释义

Noun:

1. the least favorable outcome;

   "the worst that could happen"
   

2. the greatest damage or wickedness of which one is capable;

   "the invaders did their worst"
   "so pure of heart that his worst is another man's best"
   

3. the weakest effort or poorest achievement one is capable of;

   "it was the worst he had ever done on a test"
   

Adjective:

1. (superlative of `bad') most wanting in quality or value or condition;

   "the worst player on the team"
   "the worst weather of the year"
   

Adverb:

1. to the highest degree of inferiority or badness;

   "She suffered worst of all"
   "schools were the worst hit by government spending cuts"
   "the worst dressed person present"
   

Verb:

1. defeat thoroughly;

   "He mopped up the floor with his opponents"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. That was the worst airline disaster in history.
   那是历史上最严重的空难。
2. I've seen bad work,but this is the worst.
   我见过做得很差的工作，但这是最差的。
3. I think the guards in this city are the worst.
   我认为这城市的卫兵是最差的。
4. It is a worst psychological moment for him.
   目前是敌人心理上最不利的时刻。

用作名词 (n.)

1. Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.
   抱最好的愿望，做最坏的打算。
2. Worst of all, the autofocus doesn't work for video.
   最糟的是视频拍摄时无法启用自动对焦。
3. If the worst comes to the worst, we can always deal with it.
   事情再糟,我们总可以应付。

用作副词 (adv.)

1. It's the old and the poor who suffer worst when subsidies are cut.
   补助津贴一削减，最吃苦头的就是那些老人和贫民。
2. Of the three of us, I typed worst.
   我们三人中,我打字打得最差。

常见句型

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语

～+ n.

1. Simon is the worst one of all the boys I know.
   我认识的孩子中,西蒙是最坏的。
2. This is the worst book I have ever read.
   这是我所读过的最差的书。
3. This is the worst accident for years.
   这次事故是多年来最惨的。
4. This is the worst storm for five years.
   这是五年来最厉害的暴风雨。
5. The two worst players are all from that university .
   最差的两个选手都来自那所大学。

用作表语

S+be+～

1. This winter's weather is the worst in years.
   今年冬天的天气是多年来最恶劣的。

用作副词 (adv.)

用作状语

1. Of the four of us,I sang the worst.
   我们四个人中我唱得最差。
2. The others weren't very good but she played the worst of anybody.
   其他人演得不太好,但她演得最差劲。
3. Manufacturing industry was worst affected by the fuel shortage.
   燃料短缺受到影响,制造业首当其冲。

用作名词 (n.)

1. The worst has happened.
   最坏的事情发生了。
2. When they did not hear from her, they feared the worst.
   他们那时听不到她的消息,唯恐发生了最糟的事。

经典引文

• The worst passions are softened by triumph.

  出自： Lytton

• Editors..often quoted what was worst and most Prussian in Carlyle.

  出自：Cornhill Magazine

• Nicky is a born worrier..he's his own worst enemy.

  出自： W. J. Burley

常用短语

用作形容词 (adj.)

one's own worst enemy

自讨苦吃的人; 自己不幸的根源 person whose own faults are worse than the bad things that have happened to him; the cause of one's own misfortunes

用作副词 (adv.)

come off worst

大吃其苦头 suffer more than sb else

用作名词 (n.)

at the worst

在最坏的情况下,充其量 if the worst happens

do one's worst

使出最恶劣的手段 be as difficult, unpleasant, harmful, etc. as possible

get the worst of

遭到失败 be defeated

if the worst comes to the worst

如果事情坏到极点,万一出现最坏的情况 if circumstances become too difficult or dangerous; if the plan fails

the worst of it is that

最糟糕的是… the most unfortunate〔unpleasant〕 thing about the situation is that

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

• the worst accident 最惨的事故
• the worst book 最破的书
• the worst chair 最破的椅子
• the worst players 最差的选手
• the worst singer 最糟糕的歌手
• the worst table 最破的桌子
• the worst weather 最恶劣的天气

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• avert the worst 防止最坏的情况
• do one's worst 使出最恶劣的手段
• get the worst of 遭到失败
• get the worst of a quarrel 在争辩中失败
• have the worst of a quarrel 在争辩中失败
• make the worst of 对…作最坏打算
• give a person the worst of it 击败某人

介词+～

• at the worst 在最坏的情况下,充其量

词语用法

adj. (形容词)

1. worst的意思是“最坏的,最差的”“最恶劣,最有害”,是bad和ill的最高级形式,用于两者以上的比较,可放在数词之后。
2. worst作“最坏的,最差的”解时在句中作定语; 作“最恶劣,最有害”解时可用作定语,也可用作表语。

adv. (副词)

1. worst用作副词时意思是“最坏地,最恶劣地,最有害地”,是badly〔ill〕的最高级形式。

n. (名词)

1. worst作名词时表示“最坏者,最坏的情况”,在句中可作主语或宾语,其前一般带定冠词the或物主代词。
2. worst作名词时常用于习语中。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的wyrresta，意为最坏的。

近反义词

【近义词】

• whip 鞭子
• rack up 得分
• mop up 擦去
• pip 点

【反义词】

• best