negligible

英 [ˈneɡlɪdʒəbl]

美 [ˈneɡlɪdʒəbl]

adj.  微不足道的; 不重要的; 不值一提的

CET6考研TOEFLIELTSTEM8医学

Collins.1 / BNC.8612 / COCA.12050

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

• 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 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• This I think everybody has heard million times right, but it is not negligible.
  这点我想大家也已经听了千万次了吧，但是它却是不可忽略的。
• He is a negligible person in the government.
  在政府中他是个微不足道的人。
• 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。
• And this mass is almost negligible.
  这质量几乎可以忽略。
• 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。