| 单词 | negligible |
| 释义 | negligible (once / 3510 pages) adj 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. 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. WORD FAMILYnegligible: negligibly USAGE EXAMPLESThe link between what bosses are paid and a company's financial performance is "negligible", new research finds. BBC(Dec 28, 2016) There are few alternatives to U.S. government bonds, with their negligible risk of default and positive yields. Reuters(Dec 15, 2016) The occasional evidence of industry in the valleys and apartment blocks crowding the suburbs are but negligible distractions. Washington Times(Dec 12, 2016) 1adj so small as to be meaningless; insignificant the effect was negligible Syn minimal, minimum the least possible 2adj not worth considering Syn paltry, trifling worthless lacking in usefulness or value |
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