insignificant

英 [ˌɪnsɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt]

美 [ˌɪnsɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt]

adj.  微不足道的; 无足轻重的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 微不足道的；无足轻重的
  not big or valuable enough to be considered important
  1. an insignificant difference
     微不足道的差别
  2. The levels of chemicals in the river are not insignificant.
     河水中的化学物质含量不容忽视。
  3. He made her feel insignificant and stupid.
     他使她感到卑微愚蠢。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 不重要的;无足轻重的
  Something that isinsignificantis unimportant, especially because it is very small.
  1. In 1949 Bonn was a small, insignificant city.
     1949 年时波恩还是个无足轻重的小城市。

英英释义

adj

• not worthy of notice
  Synonym:undistinguished
• of little importance or influence or power
  1. a minor, insignificant bureaucrat
  2. peanut politicians
  Synonym:peanut
• signifying nothing
  1. insignificant sounds
• devoid of importance, meaning, or force
  Synonym:unimportant

双语例句

• This question of meaning may be insignificant for utilitarian purposes, but it's very important to us.
  这意义问题可能没有用，但对我们很重要。
• On this world, person always appears very insignificant.
  在这个世界上，人总是显得很渺小。
• Other people's interruptions of your work are relatively insignificant compared with the countless time you interrupt yourself.
  与你自己无数次打断自己相比别人对你工作旳干扰微不足道。
• The differences between a catalog and a website are insignificant if you take advantage of the Internet effectively.
  如果能有效利用互联网，你会发现戴尔以前的产品目录和它新建的网站（Dell.com）之间并没有明显的差别。
• This ensures that changes insignificant in XML will be correctly accommodated.
  这样就可以保证XML中认为不重要的变动会被正确地接纳。
• This improvement seemed insignificant compared with my failures.
  这点进步，跟我的失败比较起来，似乎很小。
• But that is almost insignificant.
  但这一点几乎无关紧要。
• There is nothing insignificant about you tenar.
  tenar，你从不是无关紧要的。
• It broke our hearts, and we felt so small and insignificant.
  我们伤透了心，感到自己如此渺小和无足轻重。
• In 1949 Bonn was a small, insignificant city.
  1949年时波恩还是个无足轻重的小城市。