英语口语学习词典：600词走遍英联邦(L) least（mp3下载）

least

It was the least I could do.

用：对对方表示感谢时的答语，同时暗示自己曾得到过对方的帮助，自己所为不过是尽力报答而已。
意：这是我所应做的.实在是微不足道。
例，A: Thank you very much.
太谢谢你了!
B: It was the least I could do.
不好意思，尽点力罢了

That's the least of it.

意：好听的还在后头呢(更有甚者)。
例.That's the least of it. You wait till I tell you whathappened next.
好听的还在后头呢，你等着听我说后来的事吧。

to say the least

用：用于句中或句尾;〕
意：至少可以这么说吧;不夸张地说;退一步说
例，Well, she was a bit rude, to say the least.
嗯，至少可以这么说吧，她刚才的确有点无礼。
He isn't a good husband, to say the least of it.
退一步说吧，他不能算是个好丈夫。