单词 | trivial |
释义 | trivial —trivially, adv. /triv"ee euhl/, adj. 1. of very little importance or value; insignificant: Don't bother me with trivial matters. 2. commonplace; ordinary. 3. Biol. (of names of organisms) specific, as distinguished from generic. 4. Math. a. noting a solution of an equation in which the value of every variable of the equation is equal to zero. b. (of a theorem, proof, or the like) simple, transparent, or immediately evident. 5. Chem. (of names of chemical compounds) derived from the natural source, or of historic origin, and not according to the systematic nomenclature: Picric acid is the trivial name of 2,4,6-trinitrophenol. [1400-50; late ME < L trivialis belonging to the crossroads or street corner, hence commonplace, equiv. to tri- TRI- + vi(a) road + -alis -AL1] Syn. 1. unimportant, nugatory, slight, immaterial, inconsequential, frivolous, trifling. See petty. Ant. 1. important. |
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