英语词汇“peripheral”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典-新都网

► unimportant

not having a big effect or influence or a lot of value or meaning, and not worth considering: The article contained a lot of unimportant details.

► not important

unimportant: The name of the little girl is not important to the story.

► of no/little importance

not important, or not very important: His past is of little importance – what matters is what he’s doing now.

► minor

small and not very important or serious, especially when compared with other things: I just made a few minor edits, but overall your essay was great.

► trivial

not important or serious: She wastes a lot of time on trivial things like what color nail polish to wear.

► insignificant

too small or unimportant to consider or worry about: My own problems seemed insignificant in comparison to hers.

► negligible/marginal

too slight or small to be important: The difference in price is negligible, so don’t worry about it.

► secondary

not as important as other related things: All other questions were secondary.

► irrelevant

not useful in or not relating to a particular situation, and therefore not important: A person’s race should be irrelevant to hiring decisions.

► peripheral

formal not as important as other things or people in a particular activity or situation: A lot of the information he gave was only peripheral to the main issue.

单词	peripheral
释义	adjective \| noun peripheralperipheral1 /pəˈrɪfərəl/ ●○○ adjective Thesaurus THESAURUSnot having a big effect or influence or a lot of value or meaning, and not worth considering► unimportant not having a big effect or influence or a lot of value or meaning, and not worth considering: The article contained a lot of unimportant details. ► not important unimportant: The name of the little girl is not important to the story. ► of no/little importance not important, or not very important: His past is of little importance – what matters is what he’s doing now. ► minor small and not very important or serious, especially when compared with other things: I just made a few minor edits, but overall your essay was great. ► trivial not important or serious: She wastes a lot of time on trivial things like what color nail polish to wear. ► insignificant too small or unimportant to consider or worry about: My own problems seemed insignificant in comparison to hers. ► negligible/marginal too slight or small to be important: The difference in price is negligible, so don’t worry about it. ► secondary not as important as other related things: All other questions were secondary. ► irrelevant not useful in or not relating to a particular situation, and therefore not important: A person’s race should be irrelevant to hiring decisions. ► peripheral formal not as important as other things or people in a particular activity or situation: A lot of the information he gave was only peripheral to the main issue. 1not as important as other things or people in a particular activity, situation, etc.: He had only a peripheral role in the negotiations.peripheral to Their love story is peripheral to the main plot.► see thesaurus at unimportant2in the outer area of something, or relating to this area: the peripheral nervous system3computers peripheral equipment can be connected to a computer and used with it—peripherally adverb adjective \| noun peripheralperipheral2 noun [countable] computers a piece of equipment that is connected to a computer and used with it, such as a screen or a printer
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