Insignificant
[ɪnsɪg'nɪfɪk(ə)nt] or [,ɪnsɪɡ'nɪfɪkənt]
解释:
(adj.) not worthy of notice .
(adj.) of little importance or influence or power; of minor status; 'a minor, insignificant bureaucrat'; 'peanut politicians' .
(adj.) signifying nothing; 'insignificant sounds' .
(adj.) devoid of importance, meaning, or force .
录入:玛丽埃塔--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Not significant; void of signification, sense, or import; meaningless; as, insignificant words.
(a.) Having no weight or effect; answering no purpose; unimportant; valueless; futile.
(a.) Without weight of character or social standing; mean; contemptible; as, an insignificant person.
塞德里克录入
同义词及近义词：
a. [1]. Without meaning, not significant.[2]. Unimportant, paltry, petty, empty, trivial, trifling, immaterial, unessential, of little consequence, of little account, of no moment.
艾德丽安录入
同义词及反义词：
[See SIGNIFICANT]
格拉迪斯校对
解释:
adj. destitute of meaning: without effect: unimportant: petty.—ns. Insignif′icance Insignif′icancy.—adv. Insignif′icantly.—adj. Insignif′icātive not significative or expressing by external signs.
整理:罗拉
例句:
- For me, I am little, chetif, insignificant. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- How insignificant compared with the wonder wrought by this one machine seems indeed any of the old seven wonders of the world! 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- Again I tell you it is not the insignificant private individual--the mere man, with the man's selfish senses--I wish to mate: it is the missionary. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- Indeed, once started, this station was operated uninterruptedly for eight years with only insignificant stoppage. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- What a match for George she'd be (the sisters and Miss Wirt agreed), and how much better than that insignificant little Amelia! 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- He did not want such insignificant game. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Rome took all the vanity out of me, for after seeing the wonders there, I felt too insignificant to live and gave up all my foolish hopes in despair. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- It looked an insignificant thing to have conferred upon the world of science and mechanics such a mighty extension of their dominions as it has. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Puny and insignificant, you mean. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- He was insignificant in size, and his rope seemed only a thread. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- The waiter, who I supposed had lived in his churchwarden's pew for forty years, could not pursue such an insignificant subject. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- It is an insignificant series of events. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- His features were plain and slight, his hair sandy, his stature insignificant. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- Repression is an insignificant part of its work; the use of the club can never be applauded, though it may be tolerated _faute de mieux_. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Sailor's Creek, an insignificant stream, running northward, empties into the Appomattox between the High Bridge and Jetersville. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- The priestly _class_, in comparison with the equivalent class in Egypt and Babylonia, was small and insignificant. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- In no insignificant number of cases the vote is a cover by which revolutionary demands can be given a conventional front. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- When the law has restrained them from doing this, they have become altogether useless and insignificant. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- There are about sixteen million milch cows in the United States, and their contribution to the food stuffs of the day in milk, butter, and cheese is no insignificant factor. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- To his mind the earth is only an insignificant dot in the center of the vast heavens. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- Thus Society escapes, and the illimitable power of Chemistry remains the slave of the most superficial and the most insignificant ends. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Bernard Shaw has found time to do no end of campaigning and even the parochial politics of a vestryman has not seemed too insignificant for his Fabian enthusiasm. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- I stand prepared to bring thirty reliable witnesses to prove that Putnam's famous feat at Horseneck was insignificant compared to this. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- In the treacherous sunlight we see Venice decayed, forlorn, poverty-stricken, and commerceless--forgotten and utterly insignificant. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Oh, I don't count--I'm too insignificant. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- Even the most insignificant problem would be welcome in these stagnant days. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- The melting down of the plate of private families has, upon every occasion, been found a still more insignificant one. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- The most trivial, paltry, insignificant part; the merest commonplace; not a tolerable speech in the whole. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- I cannot tell you the loathing and horror with which this insignificant-looking man inspired me. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- Certainly these constructions occupy an insignificant amount of space in the body of the report. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
整理:罗拉