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单词 inconsiderable
释义
inconsiderablein‧con‧sid‧er‧a‧ble /ˌɪnkənˈsɪdərəbəl◂/ adjective Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Driftwood, then, fetched a not inconsiderable price.
  • In politics, this is no inconsiderable skill.
  • Lennox Lewis and the rest of boxing await the answer with not inconsiderable interest.
  • Muir was primarily a botanist, a lover of trees and mountains, and his technical knowledge of wildlife was inconsiderable.
  • The rewards offered to those who did so were not inconsiderable.
  • There is also the chance of picking up a not inconsiderable amount of loot.
  • Which was, she congratulated herself, a not inconsiderable amount of information.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • Anyone in the region faces a not inconsiderable risk of getting the disease.
  • He was a not inconsiderable artist, illustrating many of his own books.
  • In this study there was the not inconsiderable problem of a white researcher seeking out black people.
  • Lennox Lewis and the rest of boxing await the answer with not inconsiderable interest.
  • The pursuer himself will also require to contemplate the not inconsiderable pressure of having to give evidence and face cross-examination.
  • The rewards offered to those who did so were not inconsiderable.
  • There is also the chance of picking up a not inconsiderable amount of loot.
  • What little there was had gone to pay off Sir Nelson's own not inconsiderable service debts.
  • Which was, she congratulated herself, a not inconsiderable amount of information.
Word family
WORD FAMILYadjectiveconsiderableinconsiderableconsiderateinconsiderateconsiderednounconsiderationreconsiderationverbconsiderreconsideradverbconsiderablyconsideratelyinconsiderately
not inconsiderable formal used to emphasize that something is large or important SYN  considerable:  He has built up a not inconsiderable business empire.
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