insignificant
英 [?ns?g'n?f?k(?)nt]
美[,?ns?ɡ'n?f?k?nt]
- adj. 無關緊要的
CET6TEM4低頻詞TOEFL暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
副詞:?insignificantly;名詞:?insignificance;
助記提示
1、in- "not" + sign- + -ificant.
中文詞源
insignificant 不重要的
in-,不，非，significant,重要的。
英文詞源
- insignificant (adj.)
- 1650s, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + significant. Related: Insignificantly.
雙語例句
- 1. The Chief Inspector disliked being overburdened with insignificant detail.
- 總督察討厭在細枝末節(jié)上沒完沒了地糾纏。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. In 1949 Bonn was a small, insignificant city.
- 1949年時波恩還是個無足輕重的小城市。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The levels of chemicals in the river are not insignificant.
- 河水中的化學物質(zhì)含量不容忽視。
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. The rate has fallen by an insignificant amount.
- 比率雖有下降,但微不足道.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. 35% of the population, a plurality, believed that the economic reforms would result in only insignificant change.
- 有35%的多數(shù)民眾認為，經(jīng)濟改革不會帶來實質(zhì)性的變革。
來自柯林斯例句