Negligible
['neglɪdʒɪb(ə)l] or ['nɛɡlɪdʒəbl]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) so small as to be meaningless; insignificant; 'the effect was negligible' .
(adj.) not worth considering; 'he considered the prize too paltry for the lives it must cost'; 'piffling efforts'; 'a trifling matter' .
整理:泰勒--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) That may neglicted, disregarded, or left out of consideration.
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例句/造句/用法:
- Everybody outside the Hellenic circle was a barbarian, and negligible save as a possible enemy. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Either he is not aware of their existence at all, or he dismisses them as merely negligible--things which are vital to the other person. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- It was that of all the people he had grown up among, and he had always regarded it as necessary but negligible. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- Yet I do not wish to furnish the impression that crises are negligible. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
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