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Negligible Car Amount Hard Worth Concert 英 Neɡlɪdʒəbl] 美

英语单词 negligible
英美音标 英 ['neɡlɪdʒəbl] 美 ['neɡlɪdʒəbl]
中文释义 adj.可以忽略的;微不足道的
英语例句 (1) The damage to my car is negligible.
(2) The rumors and slanders is negligible to me.
(3) Details are negligible as far as I know.
(4) The risks were represented as negligible.
(5) He is a negligible person in the government.
(6) His knowledge of geography is negligible.
中文例句 (1) 我的汽车的损坏是极轻微的。
(2) 流言蜚语对于我来说是可以忽略的。
(3) 我认为这些细节完全可以忽略。
(4) 把这么冒险的事说得微不足道。
(5) 在政府中他是个微不足道的人。
(6) 他的地理知识少得可怜。
vocabulary简明 When something is meaningless or insignificant because it is so little, it's negligible. The amount of interest you'll get on your savings is negligible, so you might as well spend your money.
vocabulary扩展 If you work really hard on something, but the praise you get for it is negligible, you won't try so hard next time. Besides meaning very small, negligible can mean unimportant or not worth paying attention to. If you get into a fender-bender, you've gotten into a car accident with negligible damage. School concert programs always offer a word of thanks to the principal and other members of the administration whose role in the concert seems to be negligible.
柯林斯解释
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]微不足道的;可忽略不计的 An amount or effect that is negligible is so small that it is not worth considering or worrying about.
  • The pay that the soldiers received was negligible...

    士兵拿到的军饷少得可怜。

  • 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。

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