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'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。
• And this mass is almost negligible.
  这质量几乎可以忽略。
• 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。
• 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。
• Furthermore, the scattering is negligible with respect to absorption, eliminating 'multiple-scattering' problem.
  此外，散射同吸收相比微不足道，从而消除了多次散射问题。
• 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。
• The practical inconveniences of long hair are negligible.
  长发在实际生活中产生的不便可以忽略不计。
• 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。
• Even if the cost turns out to be negligible, a sense of history and tradition may not be.
  就算成本可以忽略不计，历史和传统的意识却不能被遗忘。
• 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。