insignificance
美[,?ns?g'n?f?k?ns]
詞態(tài)變化
副詞:?insignificantly;形容詞:?insignificant;
助記提示
1、in- "not" + sign- + -ificance.
英文詞源
- insignificance (n.)
- 1690s, from insignificant + -ance. Related: Insignificancy (1650s).
雙語例句
- 1. The cost pales into insignificance when compared with the damage done to his reputation.
- 與對他聲譽造成的損傷相比，這一代價就變得微不足道了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The event was regarded as of such insignificance that not one major newspaper carried a report.
- 該事件被認為根本無足輕重，以至于沒有一家大報紙發(fā)文報道。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Her insignificance in the presence of so much magnificence faintly affected her.
- "她想象著他所描繪的一切,心里不禁有些刺痛.
來自英漢文學 - 嘉莉妹妹
- 4. It was above the common mass , above idleness, above want, above insignificance.
- 這里沒有平凡, 沒有懶散, 沒有貧困, 也沒有低微.
來自英漢文學 - 嘉莉妹妹
- 5. Compared to me, other wonders of the universe pale into insignificance.
- 宇宙間的其它奇跡,和我相比, 都顯得無足輕重.
來自辭典例句