inconspicuous
英 [ˌɪn.kənˈspɪk.ju.əs]
美 [ˌɪn.kənˈspɪk.ju.əs]
- adj. 不显眼的；不引人注意的；（花）不显著的
记忆方法
将“inconspicuous”分解为“in-”（不）+ “con”+ “spect”+ “-uous”（形容词后缀，意味着“……的”）。记住它表示“不明显或不显眼的”，可以通过联想一个“in”字开头表示隐藏或者不出现的场景，比如“in cave”中隐藏的物体不容易被察觉，来帮助记忆这个单词。
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中文词源
inconspicuous 不起眼的
in-,不，非，conspicuous,显眼的。
英语词源
- inconspicuous (adj.)
- 1620s, "invisible," from Late Latin inconspicuus, from in- "not, opposite of, without" (see in- (1)) + Latin conspicuus (see conspicuous). Weakened sense of "not readily seen or noticed" first recorded 1828. Related: Inconspicuously; inconspicuousness.
权威例句
- 1. He was sidling into the bar, obviously trying to be inconspicuous.
- 他悄悄地走进酒吧，显然不想引起注意。
- 2. I'll try to be as inconspicuous as possible.
- 我会尽量不惹人注意。
- 3. He had ridden out of Cambridge, inconspicuous among the hundreds of young cyclists.
- 他已骑车出了剑桥，淹没在几百名年轻的自行车手当中。
- 4. They would have breakfast in some more inconspicuous place.
- 他们要去一个不大显眼的地方吃早点.
- 5. Though wearied, she would be inconspicuous.
- 干活尽管累, 她可以避免自己的惹人注目.