modicum
英 ['mɒdɪkəm]
美['mɑdɪkəm]
- n. 少量，一点点
词态变化
复数: modicums; modica;
中文词源
modicum 少量，一点点
来自mode,模式，方式，尺度，-ic,形容词后缀，-um,表中性。即按尺度，按量，引申词义少量，一点点。
英英释意
- 1. a small or moderate or token amount;
- "England still expects a modicum of eccentricity in its artists"- Ian Jack
英文词源
- modicum
- modicum: see model
- modicum (n.)
- "small quantity or portion," late 15c., Scottish, from Latin modicum "a little," noun use of neuter of modicus "moderate, having a proper measure; ordinary, scanty, small, few," from modus "measure, manner" (see mode (n.1)).
实用场景例句
- They should win, given a modicum of luck.
- 只要有一点点运气，他们就会赢。
牛津词典
- I'd like to think I've had a modicum of success.
- 我倒觉得我取得了一点成绩。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...a modicum of privacy.
- 一点点隐私
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- On the whole they taught just a modicum of arithmetic, algebre, and geometry.
- 一般说来,它们只教一点算术, 代数和几何.
辞典例句
- Anyone with even a modicum of intelligence would have realized that!
- 稍有头脑的人都能认识到那点!
辞典例句
- Thanks for Indians to provide a modicum of challenge and danger.
- 感谢印第安人提供的适量挑战及危险.
期刊摘选
- If he had a modicum of sense, he wouldn't do such a foolish thing.
- 要是他稍有一点理智, 他决不会做出如此愚蠢的事来.
《简明英汉词典》
- There's not even a modicum of truth in her statement.
- 她说的话没有一点是真的.
期刊摘选
- He hasn't even a modicum of sincerity.
- 他毫无诚意.
期刊摘选
- In the life of Afghanistan's villages even a modicum of democracy is worth something.
- 在阿富汗的乡村生活中,哪怕一星半点的民主,也是难能可贵的.
期刊摘选
- A modicum of patience is necessary when dealing with him.
- 跟他相处时需要一点耐心.
辞典例句
- England still expects a modicum of eccentricity in its artists.
- 英国仍期待出现少数离经叛道的艺术家.
期刊摘选
- They should win, given a modicum of luck.
- 只要有一点点运气，他们就会赢。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- I'd like to think I've had a modicum of success.
- 我倒觉得我取得了一点成绩。
柯林斯例句
- Seeing as Mr Moreton is a doctor, I would assume he has a modicum of intelligence.
- 既然莫尔顿先生是位医生，我想他应该有点聪明才智。
柯林斯例句