- 1. minimum; rudimentary; elementary
 - ♦ ~的要求 minimum requirements
 - ♦ ~的知识 rudimentary knowledge; elementary knowledge
 - 2. at least
 - ♦ 这项工程~要到五月才能完成。 This project can't be completed until May at the earliest.
 - ♦ 参加测验的~有三千人。 At least 3, 000 people took the test.