bestall the 'best1.■used when you are saying goodbye or ending a letter to give sb your best wishes﹙用于告别或信末祝福﹚祝一切顺利，万事如意:All the best, then, Maria, and we’ll see you in two weeks. 那么祝你一切顺利，玛丽亚，我们两周后再见。Here’s wishing you all the best for the coming year. 在此祝你来年万事如意。as ,best you 'can2.■not perfectly but as well as you are able 尽力；竭尽全力:We’ll manage as best we can. 我们都将尽力而为。at 'best/'worst3.■taking the most/least hopeful or positive view 好/坏到头；充其量:Smoking is at best unpleasant and expensive, and at worst lethal. 吸烟往轻了说是招人烦、花钱；往重了说是可以致命。at the 'best of times4.■(even) when conditions are good﹙即使﹚在最好的情况下:This car does not go very fast at the best of times, and with four people in it it will go a lot slower. 这车在最好的情况下也开不了很快，要是坐四个人，就会更慢。be (all) for the 'best5.■have a good result, though it does not seem good at first 结果还不错:I was very disappointed when I didn’t get the job but now I think it was for the best. I don’t think I would have liked it. 没有得到那份工作时我很失望，不过现在想这样也没什么不好，我想我不会喜欢它的。the/your best bet (informal)6.■the best thing for you to do in a particular situation﹙某种情况下的﹚最佳措施，最好的办法:Your best bet is to leave the car here and get a bus into town. 你现在最好是把车留在这儿，坐公共汽车进城。your best bib and 'tucker (humorous)7.■your best clothes that you only wear on special occasions﹙只在特殊的场合才穿的﹚最好的衣服:Bill put on his best bib and tucker and booked a table at a top restaurant for a romantic dinner.比尔穿上自己最体面的衣服，在最好的餐馆订了一张桌位，准备吃一顿浪漫的晚餐。8.■NOTE Bib and tucker are both items of clothing worn in the past.bib﹙工装裤上部﹚与tucker﹙花边抵肩﹚都是旧时所穿衣服的一部份。the best 'medicine9.■the best way of improving a situation, especially of making you feel happier﹙尤指改善心情的﹚最好的良药，最好的办法:Laughter is the best medicine. 笑是最好的良药。the best of a bad 'bunch/'lot (BrE)10.■a person or a thing that is a little better than the rest in a group, although none are very good 坏人﹙或坏东西﹚里面最好的；矮子里面选出的将军the best of 'both/'all (possible) worlds11.■the advantages of two/many very different situations两种/多种完全不同情况的优点:We have the best of both worlds here—it’s a peaceful village but we’re only twenty minutes from the town centre.我们这里真是两全其美—这是个宁静的小村庄，而且离市中心不过二十分钟的路程。the best of (British) 'luck (to sb) (also the best of 'British (to sb)) (old-fashioned,informal,often ironic)12.■used to wish sb luck in an activity, especially one in which they are unlikely to be successful 祝你撞大运﹙尤指在不大可能成功的情况下﹚:The four of you are going to live in that tiny flat? The best of British to you! 你们四个人打算住在那样一个小公寓里吗？祝你们好运！the best of 'three, 'five, etc.13.■(especially in games and sports 尤指游戏和体育运动) up to three, five, etc. games played to decide who wins, the winner being the person who wins most of them 三局两胜﹙或五局三胜等﹚the best thing since sliced 'bread (informal,spoken)14.■if you say that sth is the best thing since sliced bread, you think it is extremely good, interesting,etc. 非常好的事情；十分有趣的东西:My father doesn’t like him very much, but my mother thinks he’s the best thing since sliced bread! 我父亲不太喜欢他，可是我母亲觉得他十分有趣。bring out the 'best in sb15.■make sb show their best qualities 使某人显现出最佳的品质:Sometimes it takes a crisis to bring out the best in people. 有时候在危难关头方能显示出人的优秀品质。do, mean, etc. sth for the 'best16.■do or say sth in order to achieve a good result or to help sb 做﹙或说﹚某事是出于好意﹙或为帮助某人﹚:I just don’t know what to do for the best. 我就是不知道怎么做才好。I’m sorry if my advice offended you—I meant it for the best. 如果我的建议冒犯了你，请你原谅—我原本是出于好意。for a/some reason/reasons best known to him'self, her'self, etc. (humorous)17.■for a reason or reasons which other people find hard to understand 出于只有自己才清楚的理由:For reasons best known to himself, he wears three pairs of socks. 谁都猜不透他为什么要穿三双袜子。get/have the 'best of sth18.■gain more advantage from sth than sb else 获胜；获益最多；占上风:I thought you had the best of that discussion. 我觉得你在那场讨论中占了上风。give it your best 'shot19.■try as hard as you can to do or achieve sth 尽力而为；竭尽全力:I probably won’t win the game, but I’ll give it my best shot. 我很可能赢不了这场比赛，可是我会竭尽全力的。make the best of sth/things/a bad job20.■do as well as you can in a difficult situation 在逆境中尽力而为:It wasn’t a very large room, but he made the best of it by using space carefully. 这房间不是很大，不过他尽力而为，精心布置，充分利用了其空间。I know the lighting isn’t perfect but we’ll have to make the best of a bad job and get the best photos we can. 我知道灯光不尽如人意，不过我们必须尽力弥补不足，拍出最好的照片。put your best foot 'forward21.■go,work, etc. as fast as you can 从速行事:If we put our best foot forward, we should be there by noon.如果我们动作快点，到正午前应该能赶到那里。to the best of your be'lief/'knowledge22.■as far as you know 据某人所知:He never made a will, to the best of my knowledge. 据我所知，他从未立过遗嘱。with the 'best of them23.■as well as anybody 同任何人一样；不亚于任何人；不比别人差:She may be seventy, but she can get up and dance with the best of them! 她可能有七十岁了，不过她起身跳舞不比任何人差。with the ,best will in the 'world24.■even though you have tried very hard to be fair,generous, etc. 尽管已尽心竭力:He’s quite competent, but with the best will in the world, I can’t imagine him as head of a large company. 他相当有能力，可是我怎么也不能想像他能担任大公司的首脑。25.■be past your/its best 另见past26.■the better/best part of sth 另见part27.■do/try your level best (to do sth) 另见level28.■had better/best do sth 另见better29.■hope for the best 另见hope30.■know best 另见know31.■look your/its best 另见look32.■man’s best friend 另见man33.■the next best thing 另见next34.■second best 另见second35.■your Sunday best 另见Sunday