"Least bad" does not mean good.
“说地过去”并不意味着不错。
But increasingly, this looks like the least bad option.
然而，这看上去像是最不糟糕的一个选择。
They are the least bad in Latin America apart from Chile's.
但除了智利以外，他们的学校是拉丁美洲最不差的。
Yet pay-or at least bad management-probably made this crisis worse.
然而，薪金——起码是糟糕的管理- - -使得这场危机更糟糕了。
Like it or not, it may be the least bad option in many cases ahead.
不管是否喜欢，这可能是之前众多案例中最坏的选择。
But if pylons have to be built-which they do-then something elegant and efficient is the least bad way of doing it.
但是要建设线塔的话- - -确实已做到了- - -那些美观而高效的东西至少不是很坏的做法吧。
He is thought to have been picked ahead of his two older brothers solely because he is the least bad of a bad lot.
他在其两个哥哥之前被选为候选人单纯因为他是在一帮没出息的家伙里面稍微有才的一个。
Right or wrong, Lord Mandelson and some of the others disagreed, and truly thought keeping Mr Brown was Labour’s least bad option.
无论是对是错，曼德尔森勋爵和其他持不同观点者都不同意这一观点，他们真心觉得保全布朗先生是所有糟糕选择中最好的一个。
Right or wrong, Lord Mandelson and some of the others disagreed, and truly thought keeping Mr Brown was Labour's least bad option.
无论是对是错，曼德尔森勋爵和其他持不同观点者都不同意这一观点，他们真心觉得保全布朗先生是所有糟糕选择中最好的一个。
Yet more Africans these days accept that being able genuinely to choose their leaders is the least bad way to freedom and prosperity.
不过，现在更多的非洲人认识到了能够真正地选举他们的领导人是一条通向自由和繁荣的最好的道路。
And although Mexico's schools are the worst in (mainly rich) OECD countries, they are the least bad in Latin America apart from Chile's.
而且，虽然墨西哥的学校在(主要富裕的)经济合作与发展组织国家内是最差的，但除了智利以外，他们的学校在拉丁美洲还算不错的。
Head to head with either Mr Sarkozy or Ms Royal, he could be seen as the least bad option by a majority of voters, handing him outright victory.
与Sarkozy先生或Royal夫人正面交锋，他将被大多数选民认为是最不差的选择，使他向彻底的胜利前进。
You may not expect it considering the sites he works for, but he concludes that partnering with Microsoft was the best (i. e. , least bad) choice.
他的结论是——和微软合作是诺基亚最好的选择，或者说是最不坏的选择了。
That is still a minority view, but financial markets clearly expect things to get at least bad enough for the Fed to start cutting interest rates soon.
这目前只是小部分人的观点，但是金融市场显然拥有自己的如意算盘，他们希望事情至少变得足够糟糕，使得联储尽快开始减息。
The desire to show that you are a match for the star trader next door, or the bank in the next town, will do. Yet pay-or at least bad management-probably made this crisis worse.
他与隔壁或下一街区银行的明星交易员媲美的愿望的确可以实现，但是却不得不为糟糕的管理付出代价，并可能使这场危机更加恶化。
The documentary caused a lot of bad feeling, not least among the workers whose lives it described.
那部纪录片引起了许多人的反感，尤其是在片中描写到其生活的工人。
No matter how bad people may seem, they possess at least one virtue. Be like the humming bird and pick out the sweetness of everyone's character.
不管人们看上去多坏，他们拥有至少一种美德。像蜂鸟一样吧，挑选出每个人性格中的甜美之处。
What's really bad about this is these athletes are supposedly promised at least one thing as reward for all their blood and sweat.
这个问题的真正糟糕之处是这些运动员本应该至少得到一样东西来作为他们辛勤付出的奖励。
What's really bad about this is that these athletes are supposedly promised at least one thing as reward for all their blood and sweat.
这个问题的真正糟糕之处是这些运动员本应该至少得到一件东西来作为他们辛勤付出的奖励。
At least you can tell the good guys from the bad guys.
起码能分清好人坏人了。
The new arrangements may ensure that, in schools at least, bad exams do not drive out good.
新的调整保证有百益而无了害，至少在学校是这样。
Perhaps Eric's gratitude made people feel better, or at least less bad? Or perhaps saying thanks boosted the helper's self-esteem, which in turn motivated them to help again.
或许是Eric的感谢信让人有优越感或至少不是没道德的，也或许说“谢谢”能提高帮助者的自尊，从而使他们更有动力再次帮助别人。
For now, at least, their dollar purchases are an unalloyed bad thing from America's point of view.
现在，至少，从美国的视点来看，他们的美元购买行为是一个纯粹的坏事情。
If you're like most people I meet, you've had your share of bad bosses - and probably at least one good one.
如果你和我见过的大多数人一样，你一定有关于坏老板的经验可以分享——或者可能至少有一个好老板的。
Until at least 1994, regulators actively colluded with Banks to hide the scale of bad loans.
至少到1994年，监管机构还在和银行一起试图隐瞒不良贷款的规模。
Maybe cancun, in its general agreement at least, is good rather than bad news: but it isn't big news for Britain 2011.
也许坎昆，至少在它的总协议里，好过坏消息：它并没有在英国2011年的头条新闻里。
Maybe cancun, in its general agreement at least, is good rather than bad news: but it isn't big news for Britain 2011.
也许坎昆，至少在它的总协议里，好过坏消息：它并没有在英国2011年的头条新闻里。
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