プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第３版)の解説
せいぜい【精精】
1 〔できるだけ〕
- せいぜい勉強しなさい
Study as hard as you can. - せいぜいおまけしておきますよ
I'll reduce the price as much as possible. - せいぜいお体をお大事に
Do take (very) good care of yourself.
2 〔多く見積もって，高々〕at (the) most; at best
- 少女はせいぜい10歳ぐらいだったと思う
I think the girl was ten at (the) most. - 出願者はせいぜい500人ぐらいだろう
There will be only about 500 applicants 「at the most [at best]. - 後で地団太を踏むのがせいぜいだろう
At most, all he'll be able to do is stamp in vexation later. - この機械が持つのはせいぜい3年くらいでしょう
This machine will last for three years at the longest [((口))outside]. - せいぜい60点しかあげられない
I cannot give you more than sixty for your work.／A sixty is about all I can give you.