formal used to emphasize that something is important 〔用于强调重要〕尤其,特别
My mother was upset about his appearance here, not least because she felt it was invading her privacy.
他在这里出现使我母亲很不高兴,尤其是因为她觉得这侵犯了她的隐私。
Examples from the Corpus
not least• Nevertheless it requiresseparateassessment, not least because it drew on certain areas of experience not directly dominated by the monarch.• I didn't relish this: not least because it meant that I didn't break my silence until the cheese course.• Alex Ferguson will have loved this, not least because questions had started to be asked of his team and star names.• There are many factors which limitproductivity; not least is employeeeducation.• And it annoyed her intensely, not least of all because she still felt a long way from figuring him out!• Like all good music it speaks of love, not least of the medium itself.• And last but not least, the baby of the family.