词汇 | insignificant |
释义 | insignificant adjective uk /ˌɪn.sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kənt/ us /ˌɪn.sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.kənt/ C1 small or not noticeable, and therefore not considered important : 不重要的,无足轻重的 Why bother arguing about such an insignificant amount of money?为什么为那点小钱争吵? The difference between the two results was insignificant.两个结果之间的差别无足轻重。 Of little or less importance be in/under someone's shadowidiom be neither here nor thereidiom big deal biggie derisory meaningless meaninglessly meaninglessness mere merely picture piddling piddly piffling play second fiddleidiom unserious unseriousness venial vestigial vestigially Related wordsinsignificantly insignificance insignificant | American Dictionaryinsignificant adjective us/ˌɪn·sɪɡˈnɪf·ɪ·kənt/ not important or thought to be valuable: Her problems seemed pretty insignificant compared to her brother’s. insignificancenoun[ U ]us/ˌɪn·sɪɡˈnɪf·ɪ·kəns/ My colleagues despised this man for his insignificance. insignificantlyadverbus/ˌɪn·sɪɡˈnɪf·ɪ·kənt·li/ Examples of insignificantinsignificant A theist need not maintain all the doctrines of the past - but creationism is no insignificant dogma. The insignificant tax base effect is not consistent with the hypothesis for this variable. Depending on which variables are included in the model, partisanship effects are positive or negative, significant or insignificant. The elasticity with respect to other water prices is low and insignificant. A higher percentage of cohabiting people received care from the cohabitee in 2002/03, although the difference was statistically insignificant. The impact of economic development on trust is statistically insignificant. An adequate margin policy fairly prices the exchange performance guarantee within an (economically insignificant) neighborhood. By the end of the month, the value of the bounding option was economically insignificant and the exchange had no exposure. The numerical techniques imply economically insignificant differences with regard to business cycle summary statistics. There is a slight but statistically insignificant trend for more badly fragmented oocytes to have no detectable mitochondria. After so doing, the growth effect became insignificant. However, after controlling for familial correlation of mortality risks, the parameter estimate for this variable was greatly reduced and became insignificant. The possible removal of fruits or seeds from litter traps by animals was carefully monitored and considered insignificant. Until this adjustment is made the relationship of costs to these setting factors is obscured and statistically insignificant. At times their work is opaque and insignificant, but that's not the point. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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