insignificance
英 [ˌɪn.sɪɡˈnɪf.ɪ.kəns]
美 [ˌɪn.sɪɡˈnɪf.ə.kəns]
- n. 无意义；不重要；无价值
记忆方法
1、in- "not" + sign- + -ificance.
英语词源
- insignificance (n.)
- 1690s, from insignificant + -ance. Related: Insignificancy (1650s).
权威例句
- 1. The cost pales into insignificance when compared with the damage done to his reputation.
- 与对他声誉造成的损伤相比，这一代价就变得微不足道了。
- 2. The event was regarded as of such insignificance that not one major newspaper carried a report.
- 该事件被认为根本无足轻重，以至于没有一家大报纸发文报道。
- 3. Her insignificance in the presence of so much magnificence faintly affected her.
- "她想象着他所描绘的一切,心里不禁有些刺痛.
- 4. It was above the common mass , above idleness, above want, above insignificance.
- 这里没有平凡, 没有懒散, 没有贫困, 也没有低微.
- 5. Compared to me, other wonders of the universe pale into insignificance.
- 宇宙间的其它奇迹,和我相比, 都显得无足轻重.