Was heißt »bestenfalls« auf Englisch?
Das Adverb bestenfalls lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:
- at best
- at the best
- at most
Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen
Er bekommt bestenfalls eine durchschnittliche Note.
He will get an average mark at best.
Das Leben ist bestenfalls ein Meer von Problemen.
Life is a sea of problems at the best of times.
Das Essen in dem neuen Restaurant ist nichts Besonderes - bestenfalls durchschnittlich.
The food at the new restaurant is nothing special - average at best.
Sie ist bestenfalls eine zweitklassige Sängerin.
She is a second-rate singer at best.
Ich befürchte, dass die Politiker in dem verständlichen, aber törichten Bestreben, eine eigene Verteidigungskapazität für die Europäische Union zu schaffen, Pläne vorantreiben, die bestenfalls Wunschgedanken und schlimmstenfalls gefährlich sind.
It is my fear that in an understandable but foolish wish for the European Union to have its own defence capability, politicians are forging ahead with plans that are at best wishful thoughts, and at worst dangerous.
Reinheit ist bestenfalls nur angenähert erreichbar.
Purity is at best an approximation.
Das Hotel ist bestenfalls zweitklassig.
It's at best a second-rate hotel.
Das Leben ist bestenfalls sehr kurz.
Life is at best very short.
Synonyme
Englische Beispielsätze
"Have you had breakfast?" "I don't like anything this early – coffee at most."
Tom has at most three hundred dollars.
There were at most twenty people at the rally.
The empty intersections adjacent to a stone are its degrees of freedom (at least 1, at most 4). A stone that has no degree of freedom cannot remain on the board.
Seeking a challenge, Mary set about translating Tom's sentences – a difficult task at the best of times – into Old Church Slavonic.
There'll be twenty people there at most.
There will be twenty people there at most.
"How many meals do you eat in a day?" "At least one, at most three."
The weather report for tomorrow forecasts 12 degrees Celsius at most.
Tom is thirty at most.
You can use English at most hotels around the world.
Although Go is probably the most popular Japanese game in my country, at most only a few university students know it.
She's at most 20 years old.
She is at most 18 years old.
She will pay 50 dollars at most.
I thought she was 30 at most.
She is eighteen at most.
He has at most 100 dollars.
He will pay 20 dollars at most.
I can only pay 100 dollars at most.