Adverb:

1. under the best of conditions;

   "at best we'll lose only the money"
   

British Parliamentary procedure is perplexing at the best of times.

即使在最好情况下，英国议会的程序也很费解。

It's easy to get a seat at the best shows in town.

很容易搞到城里顶级演出的票。

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

即使在年景最好的时候，务农为生也是相当艰辛的。

Relationships are often a tangled web at the best of times.

即使在最好的情况下，关系也是错综复杂的。

Kathryn was no beauty at the best of times.

凯瑟琳即使是在她正当韶华时也绝非美女。

Rugby's a rough game at the best of times.

即使是在比赛最不激烈的时候，橄榄球也是一种粗野的运动。

A trade war would be bad at the best of times, but in the current economic climate, it would be a disaster.

即使在情况最好的时候贸易战都是有害无利的，而在当前这种经济形势下只会是一场灾难。

You look a fool at the best, and a knave at worst.

你呀,说好呢不过像个傻瓜, 说坏呢不过像个流氓.

at the best , he suffered her to work herself to death.

起码是他逼得她把自己活活累死.

Even at the best of times the lift was seldom working.

即使最顺利的时候,电梯也是很少开的.

And it is a gruesome experience to have meals at the best big - city restaurants.

而在大城市最好的餐馆里吃饭则是令人憎恶的经历.

He's a fool at the best and at the worst he's a criminal.

从好处想的话他是个傻瓜,从坏处想则是个罪犯.

I was a surgeon at the best hospital in bucharest.

我曾经是布加勒斯特最好的外科医生.

He's got a dodgy immune system at the best of times.

他在最有利的情况下得到了糟糕的免疫系统.

I don't like French food even at the best of times.

即使在情况最好的时候,我也不喜欢法国菜.