at the best

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.

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。

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。

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.

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.

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 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.

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。

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.

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。

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。

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.

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。

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。

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.