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

• 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 is a negligible person in the government.
  在政府中他是个微不足道的人。
• The economic cost to the rich would be negligible and the social gains enormous.
  富人的经济成本可以忽略不计，而社会收益将是巨大的。
• And this mass is almost negligible.
  这质量几乎可以忽略。
• But in Nepal the number is negligible.
  然而这尼泊尔，这个数字是可以忽略不计的。
• 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。
• Therefore, the mass of the sun changes in the planet have little effect in the regression is negligible.
  所以，太阳质量的变化在行星退行中影响甚微可忽略不计。
• 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。
• 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。
• The difference is slight [ negligible].
  相差甚微。