在最好的情况下足球也是一项粗野的运动。

American football's a rough game at the best of times.

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即使是在最好的时期靠种地生活也是很艰难的。

Living off the land was hard enough at the best of times.

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

在贵族家庭中家庭补习很普遍，在最好的私立学校里欺凌和体罚很常见。

Home tutoring was common in the families of the nobility and wealthy, and bullying and corporal punishment were common at the best independent schools.

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I hadn't set out with a plan that I wanted to teach at some of the best universities in the country.

一开始，我并没有给自己制定目标,一定要在这些最好的大学执教。

普林斯顿公开课 - 人性课程节选

So I threw a party in New York, and her best friend, my co-worker came, and she brought her,

我在纽约开了个派对，而她最好的朋友，也就是我的同事，把她带到派对上去了。

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You have just one of them in your Anthology, but it is one of the greatest. It is back on page 130.

你们选集里只有一首，但是是最好的之一，在130页。

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