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词汇 example_english_slight-inconvenience
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slight inconvenience

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meanings of slightand inconvenience


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slight
adjective
uk /slaɪt/ us /slaɪt/
small in amount ...
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inconvenience
noun[C or U]
uk /ˌɪn.kənˈviː.ni.əns/ us /ˌɪn.kənˈviːn.jəns/
a state or an example of problems or trouble, often causing a delay or loss ...
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Examples of slight inconvenience


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The slightinconvenience caused does not outweigh that primary intention.
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They would have been desperately anxious to see that those mails were delivered even if there was a slightinconvenience to themselves.
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Even with wind power we have to put up with a little noise pollution and a slightinconvenience to one or two views.
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We regard this as an important safety measure and hope that local residents will accept any slightinconvenience this may cause them.
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The precautionary principle would dictate that it is better to suffer some slightinconvenience than a disaster.
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Possibly, there is also some slightinconvenience in finding the money earlier.
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There is some slightinconvenience and hardship to those people, because they have trusted a man who was not able to honour his instalments.
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We are talking about a slightinconvenience to schoolchildren but a massive inconvenience to the rest of the population.
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There comes a time when resentment grows to such an extent that molehills become mountains, and what might otherwise be a slightinconvenience is magnified out of all proportion.
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Though there may be some slightinconvenience, it will be more than counterbalanced by enabling smaller cheques to perform the office which they have so usefully performed.
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I refuse to believe that they are not just as ready to put up with slightinconvenience, if inconvenience be necessary, in order to deal with a social problem.
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The slightinconvenience to some business and any cost associated with the introduction of such a licensing scheme to business or, indeed, the public purse, should be of secondary importance.
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