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 chance that an electron absorbs more than one photon is negligible.
  一个电子吸收一个以上的光子的机会是极少的。
• 471. In the selection the lecturer neglected the negligible negative reflection on the election.
  471.在选集中演讲者忽视了对选举的微不足道的消极反思。
• The storage for which the latency ( waiting time) is negligible at all times.
  和所有其它操作时间相比，其等待时间可以忽略的存储器。
• The pay that the soldiers received was negligible
  士兵拿到的军饷少得可怜。
• The permeation constant of gases through metals is negligible except for hydrogen through palladium or iron.
  除了氢气能穿过钯和铁之外，气体穿过金属的透气常数是可以略而不计的。
• It has negligible impact on performance and monitors continuously system behavior with regards to heap usage.
  它对性能的影响非常小，可以连续地监视与堆使用情况相关的系统行为。
• 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。
• 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。
• The inertia terms and those relating to conduction in the X direction were also negligible.
  惯性项和那些与X方向的导热有关的项也被略去。
• Furthermore, the scattering is negligible with respect to absorption, eliminating 'multiple-scattering' problem.
  此外，散射同吸收相比微不足道，从而消除了多次散射问题。