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单词 negligible
释义
negligible
(neglɪdʒɪbəl )
adjective
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.
Senior managers are convinced that the strike will have a negligible impact.
Synonyms: insignificant, small, minute, minor  
Collocations:
negligible amount
The landfill tax was introduced in 1996 but was a negligible amount.
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A time bomb containing a small but by no means negligible amount of cold takeaway coffee.
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The big international explorers took up a negligible amount.
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negligible cost
It was not a huge improvement, but the letters had to be sent anyway so tweaking the wording had come at negligible cost.
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This can be achieved at negligible cost.
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He claims that the rewording led to a 16% increase in payment, at negligible cost.
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We have developed and implemented at negligible cost to the taxpayer an electronic patient record that integrates the general practice, hospital and social care records in a single format.
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A small rural community could use a system like this indefinitely, and it would provide clean drinking water at a negligible cost after the initial equipment purchase and setup.
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negligible difference
In terms of overall mortality, as opposed to that related just to heart disease, it accounted for a negligible difference.
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Shifting those flights to other airports would make negligible difference to our aviation hub capacity crunch.
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Even leaving car windows slightly open makes only a negligible difference.
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At the modest rotational speeds encountered in skates, manufacturer data suggests negligible difference in friction performance between the various bearing materials.
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Some operational amplifiers are designed to be used only in negative-feedback configurations that enforce a negligible difference between the inverting and non-inverting inputs.
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negligible impact
The others have only had a negligible impact.
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The charge would have hit thousands of families with larger cars, although it was expected to have a negligible impact on the amount of carbon dioxide released.
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He noted that although the value of the yen mattered for profits it had a negligible impact on sales.
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Both fisheries have a negligible impact on this species because of their small scale, and are unlikely to expand in the near future.
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Taken one at a time, each small travel decision made individually by the travellers had a negligible impact on the survivability of the railroad.
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Translations:
Chinese: 微不足道的
Japanese: 取るに足らない
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