More or less humaanisha karibu au takriban. Katika maana ya kwanza, hupunguza ukali wa kauli: kazi imekaribia kumalizika, au mapendeleo ya watu wawili yanakaribia kufanana. Katika maana ya pili, huwekwa karibu na idadi kuonyesha makadirio: three hours, more or less.
Unataka kutumia more or less katika mazungumzo?
Tunga sentensi; tutaonyesha makosa na kupendekeza namna ya kusema inayofaa zaidi.
Ukaguzi unachukua muda mrefu kuliko kawaida. Maoni yataonekana hapa yenyewe.
more or less + adjective/verb (more or less finished); more or less the same; number + , more or less
- The report is more or less finished; I just need to check the charts.
- The flight takes three hours, more or less, depending on the wind.
- My sister and I have more or less the same taste in music.
Kilichobadilika
Toleo la kwanzaMy first week at the new job was more or less. The people are nice, but the work is boring.
Baada ya marekebishoMy first week at the new job was so-so. The people are nice, but the work is boring.
More or less inaweza kuonekana kuwa njia ya kusema “wastani tu” au “si nzuri sana wala mbaya”. Lakini hapa haitoi tathmini ya ubora: inafafanua neno jingine kama finished au the same, na haiwezi kusimama peke yake baada ya was katika jibu hili. Kwa maana ya ubora wa wastani, tumia so-so.
More or less inaweza kuwa jibu fupi kwa swali la ndiyo au hapana: Did you understand the lecture? — More or less. Maana yake ni kwamba umeelewa sehemu kubwa. Lakini si jibu linalofaa kwa How was the lecture?, ambalo linaomba maoni kama so-so au not bad.
Zamu yako
The renovation is ___ finished: only the kitchen tiles are left.
Onyesha jibu
more or less — Ukarabati unakaribia kumalizika; vigae vya jikoni tu ndivyo vimebaki. Kwa hiyo more or less, yenye maana ya karibu, inafaa. So-so hutathmini ubora kuwa si mzuri sana na haiwekwi mbele ya finished kwa maana hii.
Andika kuhusu jambo ambalo unakaribia kulimaliza. Taja kazi hiyo na kilichobaki kufanya.
I've more or less packed for the trip; I only need to find my passport and phone charger.
Jifunze kutumia maneno mapya kwa usahihi
Tunga sentensi kwa maneno unayojifunza. LetsWords inaonyesha makosa ya matumizi na sarufi, inapendekeza marekebisho na kuyaeleza kwa lugha yako ya mama; kurudia kunasaidia kukumbuka maneno.