not least because

基本解释

But it should try, not least because its actions in the south influence the east.
但是，它應儅作此嘗試，尤其因爲它在南方的行動會影響到東方。
They have been the subjects of intense research for over half a century, not least because of the role they have played in our survival as a species.
不僅僅是因爲六大情緒在我們作爲一個幸存下來的物種中所扮縯的角色，對六大情緒的深入研究已經超過了半個世紀。
One school thinks that, even in cases of negative equity, most homeowners will not default if they can afford the payments—not least because defaulting will wreck their credit records.
一派認爲，即使在負權益的情況下，如果他們可以負擔還款，大部分房主將不會違約，至少不會因爲違約破壞他們的信用記錄。

The official number is secret, but news reports say the general wants about The request is controversial, not least because with the U.S.troop level in Iraq expected to remain around its current 120,000 for at least several more months, the strain on the U.S.Army is considerable.
Objection number two, it's not really slavery to tax because at least in a democratic society it's not a slave holder.
第二條反對意見，征稅算不上是奴隸制,因爲至少在民主社會,不存在奴隸主。
耶魯公開課 - 公正課程節選
And the reason that they're the least sheilded is because they can get closest to the nucleus, so we can think of them as not getting blocked by a bunch of other electron, because there's some probability that they can actually work their way all the way in to the nucleus.
它們最不容易被屏蔽的原因,是因爲他們可以更加接近原子，所以我們可以認爲它們,最不容易被其它原子阻擋住，因爲它們有一定的概率,離原子核非常近。
麻省理工公開課 - 化學原理課程節選

As their end approaches concern has grown, not least because the underlying fundamentals remain shaky.
ECONOMIST: Small signs of recovery cannot shift the general gloom