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Something inconspicuous is there, but most people do not notice it. It does not catch the eye. A person can try to be inconspicuous by wearing plain clothes and walking quietly, so they melt into a crowd. A door, a mark, a small change can be inconspicuous too. The word is a bit formal. In everyday talk people more often say “hard to notice” or “easy to miss.” Though actually, it is not the same as invisible: the thing is not gone, and it is not hidden by magic. It is just not the kind of thing you look at twice.
不顯眼的、不起眼的
組成Learned borrowing from Late Latin incōnspicuus. Equivalent to in- (“not”) + conspicuous (“easy to see or notice”).
同家族的字
- conspicuousthe opposite piece: easy to notice, standing out
- inconspicuouslythe adverb: in a way that is hard to notice
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
inconspicuousadj/ˌɪn.kənˈspɪk.ju.əs/
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Invisible.
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Not prominent nor easily noticeable.
- Look at those men! They were supposed to be inconspicuous!
- Approaching danger, whether from octopus, fish or man, arouses caution in a small mollusk and it becomes as inconspicuous as it can.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。