negligible

英 [ˈneɡlɪdʒəbl]

美 [ˈneɡlɪdʒəbl]

adj.  微不足道的; 不重要的; 不值一提的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 微不足道的；不重要的；不值一提的
  of very little importance or size and not worth considering
  1. The cost was negligible.
     费用不大，无关紧要。
  2. a negligible amount
     很小的量

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 微不足道的;可忽略不计的
  An amount or effect that isnegligibleis so small that it is not worth considering or worrying about.
  1. The pay that the soldiers received was negligible...
     士兵拿到的军饷少得可怜。
  2. Senior managers are convinced that the strike will have a negligible impact.
     高层主管们相信罢工的影响微不足道。

英英释义

adj

• so small as to be meaningless
  1. the effect was negligible
• not worth considering
  1. he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost
  2. piffling efforts
  3. a trifling matter
  Synonym:paltrytrifling

双语例句

• There is a negligible difference in meaning between these two words.
  这两个词之间在意思上差别是极小的。
• The change from one value to another in a single increment and in negligible time.
  在可忽略不计的时间内，信号从一个值按单位增量跃变到另一个值。
• There's no friction, and the spring itself has negligible mass compared to this one.
  没有摩擦，因此弹簧本身的重力，与物体质量相比，可以忽略。
• Senior managers are convinced that the strike will have a negligible impact.
  高层主管们相信罢工的影响微不足道。
• He predicted that this would have a negligible effect on the temperature.
  他预言这对温度的影响微乎其微。
• This I think everybody has heard million times right, but it is not negligible.
  这点我想大家也已经听了千万次了吧，但是它却是不可忽略的。
• The wind was so light that it had only a negligible effect on the outside temperature.
  风这么弱，对外面的温度起不了多大的作用。
• The cost and complexity for each deployment become negligible.
  每个部署的成本和复杂性变得微不足道。
• Now, a million is no longer negligible compared to the ten to the seventh.
  现在，一座山和10的7次方比，不再是微不足道了。
• The pay that the soldiers received was negligible
  士兵拿到的军饷少得可怜。