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 worst [wә:st]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 最坏, 最坏的时候

a. 最坏的, 最恶劣的, 最不利的

ad. 最坏, 最糟




    worst
    [ noun ]
    1. the least favorable outcome

    2. <noun.event>
      the worst that could happen
    3. the greatest damage or wickedness of which one is capable

    4. <noun.attribute>
      the invaders did their worst
      so pure of heart that his worst is another man's best
    5. the weakest effort or poorest achievement one is capable of

    6. <noun.act>
      it was the worst he had ever done on a test
    [ verb ]
    1. defeat thoroughly

    2. <verb.competition> mop up pip rack up whip
      He mopped up the floor with his opponents
    [ adj ]
    1. (superlative of `bad') most wanting in quality or value or condition

    2. <adj.all>
      the worst player on the team
      the worst weather of the year
    [ adv ]
    1. to the highest degree of inferiority or badness

    2. <adv.all>
      She suffered worst of all
      schools were the worst hit by government spending cuts
      the worst dressed person present


    Worst \Worst\, n.
    That which is most bad or evil; the most severe, pernicious,
    calamitous, or wicked state or degree.

    The worst is not
    So long as we can say, This is the worst. --Shak.

    He is always sure of finding diversion when the worst
    comes to the worst. --Addison.


    Worst \Worst\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Worsted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
    {Worsting}.] [See {Worse}, v. t. & a.]
    To gain advantage over, in contest or competition; to get the
    better of; to defeat; to overthrow; to discomfit.

    The . . . Philistines were worsted by the captivated
    ark. --South.


    Worst \Worst\, v. i.
    To grow worse; to deteriorate. [R.] ``Every face . . .
    worsting.'' --Jane Austen.


    Worst \Worst\, a., superl. of {Bad}. [OE. werst, worste, wurste,
    AS. wyrst, wierst, wierrest. See {Worse}, a.]
    Bad, evil, or pernicious, in the highest degree, whether in a
    physical or moral sense. See {Worse}. ``Heard so oft in worst
    extremes.'' --Milton.

    I have a wife, the worst that may be. --Chaucer.

    If thou hadst not been born the worst of men,
    Thou hadst been a knave and flatterer. --Shak.


    Bad \Bad\ (b[a^]d), a. [Compar. {Worse} (w[^u]s); superl.
    {Worst} (w[^u]st).] [Probably fr. AS. b[ae]ddel
    hermaphrodite; cf. b[ae]dling effeminate fellow.]
    Wanting good qualities, whether physical or moral; injurious,
    hurtful, inconvenient, offensive, painful, unfavorable, or
    defective, either physically or morally; evil; vicious;
    wicked; -- the opposite of {good}; as, a bad man; bad
    conduct; bad habits; bad soil; bad air; bad health; a bad
    crop; bad news.

    Note: Sometimes used substantively.

    The strong antipathy of good to bad. --Pope.

    Syn: Pernicious; deleterious; noxious; baneful; injurious;
    hurtful; evil; vile; wretched; corrupt; wicked; vicious;
    imperfect.
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    1. But even though the worst has passed, the airline's reputation for shoddy service continues to haunt it, and many service problems remain intractable.
    2. During a similar project in Greenwich, they were 'shocked' at the public reaction. Expecting the worst, I looked concerned.
    3. The nation's largest oil company fired the tanker's skipper after saying tests showed he was legally drunk but faced a torrent of criticism for its slow reaction to the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
    4. That would be the worst thing we could do," Bush said.
    5. 'The European Community is experiencing its worst recession since it was established,' says Mr Jorge Braga de Macedo, minister for finance.
    6. Darpa found itself in the worst of all situations.
    7. Factories, until now spared the worst of the austerity measures, would face the same power cuts as households, it said.
    8. Moments after hearing about the crash, four people who lost relatives in one of the world's worst airline disasters rushed to Philadelphia International Airport to offer consolation.
    9. This is union "brotherhood" at its worst.
    10. Saturday's London violence was the worst since September 1985, when crowds of young blacks and some whites clashed with police in the northern industrial city of Birmingham.
    11. Mr. Abusada argues that splitting the package of measures into two parts, one in March and the other four months later, fueled inflationary expectations and created "the worst of both worlds" for the government.
    12. Uno resigned to take responsibility for the July election loss, leaving the Liberal Democrats in their worst crisis since the party was formed in 1955 and began enjoying uninterrupted rule.
    13. Burma's worst riots since democracy was overthrown 26 years ago have left at least 80 people dead this week, and unofficial reports said many victims were unarmed students and Buddhist monks.
    14. That tied Fidelity's Select Automation fund for the worst performer of the week.
    15. About 8,800 firefighters are battling the worst of some 200 blazes in the West and Alaska, 16 of them considered major fires. Nearly a third of the manpower is in Yellowstone National Park, where fires have charred 140,000 acres.
    16. The worst previous accident for the airlines was in 1976, when a Caravelle aircraft exploded at Bombay airport while landing. Ninety-five people were killed in the crash, blamed on leaking fuel pipes.
    17. The ranch has emerged as one of southern California's worst cases of animal neglect since humane officers in 1975 discovered 100 horses starving on breeder Rex C. Ellsworth's ranch in Chino.
    18. One senior administration intelligence official says Mr. Casey's worst mistake was squandering a golden opportunity to improve the political foundations on which secret agencies must operate in a democracy.
    19. Sandra Schultz's worst nightmare came true last week when the man convicted of killing her 19-year-old son and his fiance walked out of jail.
    20. The relatives said the report, released Tuesday by the President's Commission on Aviation Security and Terrorism, bore out their worst fears about what had happened.
    21. Hours later, Lyng arrived for the night in central Minnesota inspected a cornfield, and said the damage there was the worst he has seen in the eight states he had visited.
    22. Detective Thomas Capello said one of the worst days of his 11 years of police work came when a city resident handed him a fishing-tackle box containing the fake drugs, the ledger and a crudely written IOU.
    23. In the midst of the worst magazine slump in years, its ad revenue jumped 30% last year, helping the monthly earn a spot on Adweek magazine's list of the 10 hottest magazines with circulation under one million.
    24. The Tokyo Stock Exchange's key index fell more than 3 percent today in its third biggest single-day dive ever and worst since the worldwide stock market crash in October 1987.
    25. The Southern California fires, the worst of which was in Santa Barbara County, conformed ominously to the forecast issued Tuesday by an unprecedented task force of statewide fire agencies.
    26. The spiral of violence in Algeria is forcing European governments to brace for the worst. Last week France said it was closing its schools and cultural centres there, after advising its 2,000 remaining expatriates to leave if possible.
    27. "The bill the Senate passed today is protectionism at its worst," Mr. Fitzwater said.
    28. Apartheid brought out the best and worst in them: it left little room for the mediocre. They have lived one of the most dramatic moments in the history of the human spirit, and I have lived it with them.
    29. The New York National Guard already has the second worst attendance records in the nation, but its budget has tripled since 1975 to $390 million, the newspaper said.
    30. Exxon's prime contractor on cleaning up the nation's worst oil spill estimates the petroleum giant will end up spending $2 billion on the job, nearly twice as much as estimated in July.
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