/best ||; bɛst/noun [sing] the best the person or thing that is of the highest quality or level or better than all others 最好的人；最佳的事物: When you pay that much for a meal you expect the best. 付那么多钱当然希望吃到最好的饭菜。Even the best of us make mistakes sometimes. 连我们之中最出色的人有时候也会犯错误。I think James is the best! 我认为詹姆斯最好！They are the best of friends. 他们是最要好的朋友。The best we can hope for is that the situation doesn't get any worse. 我们最多只能希望情况不要变坏。 ☞Look at second-best. 参看 second-best。 all the best(informal 非正式) used when you are saying goodbye to sb and wishing him/her success （用于道别时祝对方成功）: All the best! Keep in touch, won't you? 祝你一切顺利！保持联系，好吗？ at best if everything goes as well as possible; taking the most hopeful view 充其量: We won't be able to deliver the goods before March, or, at best, the last week in February. 我们三月之前不能送货，最早也不可能在二月最后一个星期之前。 at its/your best in its/your best state or condition 处于最佳状态: This is an example of Beckett's work at its best. 这是贝克特最佳作品的例子。No one is at their best first thing in the morning. 早上刚起床没有人会处于最佳状态。 be (all) for the best to be good in the end even if it does not seem good at first 到头来却是好事: I didn't get the job, but I'm sure it's all for the best. 我没有得到那份工作，但我敢肯定，这反倒是好事。 bring out the best/worst in sb to show sb's best/worst qualities 显现某人最好或最坏的质量: The crisis really brought out the best in Tony. 那次危机确实让托尼最好的一面显现出来。 do/try your best to do all or the most that you can 尽力而为 look your best to look as beautiful or attractive as possible 以最佳状态出现；最好看 make the best of sth/a bad job to accept a difficult situation and try to be as happy as possible 随遇而安；善处逆境