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At work, use e-mail less often. When you need to discuss an issue, walk to your coworker's desk.
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上班时少用电子邮件。当你需要讨论某件事时，走到同事的桌旁。 |
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At worst China's test could accelerate an arms race.
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最坏的估计是，中国此次进行的试验有可能加速军备竞赛。 |
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At worst we'll have to sell the house so as to pay off our debts.
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在最坏的情况下，我们将不得不卖掉房子来还清债务。 |
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At worst we'll have to sell the house so as to settle our debts.
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实在没办法我们就得把房子卖了还债. |
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At worst you lose the money you've invested.
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（在最坏的情形下，你赔了你所投下去的钱就是了。） |
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At worst, it leads to RFPs that are little more than requests for vendors to perform magic.
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在最坏的情况下，这导致RFP弄得来跟要求厂商变魔法一样荒谬。 |
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At worst, the bank itself—or, more likely, a second-tier rival or a hedge fund—might fall into the kind of dramatic spiral that killed off Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM), a hedge fund, in the late 1990s.
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在最糟糕的情形下，银行本身——或者，更有可能，第二梯队的竞争对手或者对冲基金——可能坠入戏剧性的螺旋，它曾终结那家长期资本管理公司（LTCM），一个对冲基金，在1990年代晚期。 |
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At worst, the business of pumping and selling oil is entirely subsumed by politics, as in the case of Petróleos de Venezuela, one of the biggest NOCs (see article).
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最糟糕的情况就是，石油的开采和买卖完全成为政治的附庸物，就像最大国有石油公司之一的委内瑞拉石油公司一样。 |
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At worst, the storm will make us postpone the trip.
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最坏的估计是暴风雨会使我们推迟行程 |
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At worst, this has lead to people not thinking for themselves, and simply following public opinion.
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最糟的是，人们不再为自己思考，只会盲目跟从大众的意见。 |
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At worst, we would lift our spirits for a time.
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最起码，我们可以在短时间内改变我们的情绪。 |
