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

• And this mass is almost negligible.
  这质量几乎可以忽略。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• But growth is rare in states that have negligible economic expansion.
  但在几乎看不到经济扩张的国家，增长十分罕见。
• 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。
• The inertia terms and those relating to conduction in the X direction were also negligible.
  惯性项和那些与X方向的导热有关的项也被略去。
• 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。
• He is a negligible person in the government.
  在政府中他是个微不足道的人。