insignificant

英 [ˌɪnsɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt]

美 [ˌɪnsɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt]

adj.  微不足道的; 无足轻重的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 微不足道的；无足轻重的
  not big or valuable enough to be considered important
  1. an insignificant difference
     微不足道的差别
  2. The levels of chemicals in the river are not insignificant.
     河水中的化学物质含量不容忽视。
  3. He made her feel insignificant and stupid.
     他使她感到卑微愚蠢。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 不重要的;无足轻重的
  Something that isinsignificantis unimportant, especially because it is very small.
  1. In 1949 Bonn was a small, insignificant city.
     1949 年时波恩还是个无足轻重的小城市。

英英释义

adj

• not worthy of notice
  Synonym:undistinguished
• of little importance or influence or power
  1. a minor, insignificant bureaucrat
  2. peanut politicians
  Synonym:peanut
• signifying nothing
  1. insignificant sounds
• devoid of importance, meaning, or force
  Synonym:unimportant

双语例句

• On this world, person always appears very insignificant.
  在这个世界上，人总是显得很渺小。
• To the desert, men were insignificant.
  人类对它来说太渺小了。
• Although it is a small and insignificant bank, it represents the trend of the future.
  虽然它只是微不足道的一家小银行，却代表了未来的潮流。
• His contribution to our project was obviously insignificant.
  他对我们工程的贡献显然是微不足道的。
• The differences between a catalog and a website are insignificant if you take advantage of the Internet effectively.
  如果能有效利用互联网，你会发现戴尔以前的产品目录和它新建的网站（Dell.com）之间并没有明显的差别。
• Today I saw a red-and-yellow sunset and thought, How insignificant I am!
  今天，我看到了颜色红里有黄的日落，我想，我是多么微不足道啊！
• The operation, said the surgeon, had a small, though not insignificant mortality rate.
  外科医生说手术的死亡率虽然不是微不足道，但却是很低的。
• There is nothing insignificant about you tenar.
  tenar，你从不是无关紧要的。
• The computational problem is not exactly insignificant.
  这中间的计算问题并不是无关紧要的。
• Other people's interruptions of your work are relatively insignificant compared with the countless time you interrupt yourself.
  与你自己无数次打断自己相比别人对你工作旳干扰微不足道。