[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]无关紧要的;次要的 A peripheral activity or issue is one which is not very important compared with other activities or issues.
Companies are increasingly keen to contract out peripheral activities like training...
公司越来越倾向于把像培训这样的非核心业务外包出去。
...peripheral and boring information...
无关紧要的无聊信息
Science is peripheral to that debate.
科学并非那场辩论的重点。
peripherally
The Marshall Plan did not include Britain, except peripherally.
马歇尔计划仅在一些无关紧要的环节上把英国包括在内。
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[ADJ 形容词]周围的;边缘的Peripheral areas of land are ones which are on the edge of a larger area.
[usu ADJ n]
...peripheral regions beyond the reach of powerful rulers.
强大的统治者势力范围之外的边缘地区
...urban development in the outer peripheral areas of large towns.
大城市外围地区的城市开发
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](计算机)外围设备,外部设备Peripherals are devices that can be attached to computers.
[usu pl]
[COMPUTING 计算机]
...peripherals to expand the use of our computers.
扩展计算机用途的外围设备
... peripheral products for the basic computer.
普通电脑的外围设备
Oxford
per·iph·eral/pəˈrɪfərəl; NAmEpəˈrɪfərəl/
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peripheralperipheralsadjective1( formal) not as important as the main aim, part, etc. of sth 次要的;附带的◆peripheral information辅助信息peripheralto sth ◆Fund-raising is peripheral to their main activities.相对于他们的主要活动,筹集资金是次要的。2( technical 术语) connected with the outer edge of a particular area 外围的;周边的◆the peripheral nervous system周围神经系统◆peripheral vision周边视觉3( computing 计) (of equipment 设备)connected to a computer 与计算机相连的◆a peripheral device外围设备▶per·iph·er·al·ly/pəˈrɪfərəli; NAmEpəˈrɪfərəli/adverbnoun( computing 计) a piece of equipment that is connected to a computer 外围设备;周边设备◆monitors, printers and other peripherals显示器、打印机及其他外围设备per·iph·eral/pəˈrɪfərəl; NAmEpəˈrɪfərəl/per·iph·er·al·ly/pəˈrɪfərəli; NAmEpəˈrɪfərəli/
1 formal not as important as other things or people in a particular activity, idea, or situation: a diplomat who had a peripheral role in the negotiations Her involvement in the case was peripheral.peripheral to The romance is peripheral to the main plot of the movie.2 formal in the outer area of something, or relating to this area: the city’s peripheral suburbs the peripheral nervous system3peripheral vision your ability to see things to the side of you when you look straight ahead4 technical peripheral equipment can be connected to a computer and used with it—peripherally adverb
peripheral1 adjective
peripheral2 noun
peripheralperipheral2 noun [countable] technical
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a piece of equipment that is connected to a computer and used with it, for example a printer
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