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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 difference is slight [ negligible].
  相差甚微。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• With negligible dependence of electrical properties on temperature, voltage, frequency and time.
  电气性能最稳定，基本上不随温度、电压和时间的改变而改变。
• 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。