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

• 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。
• He is a negligible person in the government.
  在政府中他是个微不足道的人。
• 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。
• The storage for which the latency ( waiting time) is negligible at all times.
  和所有其它操作时间相比，其等待时间可以忽略的存储器。
• Learn the basics of which, for better organization and optimize the process have a negligible effect.
  了解其中的基本知识，对于更好的组织和优化程序有着不可忽视的作用。
• 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。
• This yill have a negligible effect on the temperature.
  这对温度的影响将是微乎其微的。
• 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。
• 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。
• And this mass is almost negligible.
  这质量几乎可以忽略。