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If something changes insignificantly, the change is so small it is not worth worrying about. 'The price rose insignificantly' means it went up, but not in a way that matters. You will see this more in careful writing than in chat. In speech, people usually say hardly or not really. It is the opposite of significantly, which means 'in an important way' — so getting the prefix wrong flips the whole meaning.
微不足道地、無關緊要地
組成From insignificant + -ly (the usual English ending that turns an adjective into an adverb).
同家族的字
- insignificantthe adjective this adverb is built from
- significantthe opposite idea: significant + -ly means 'in an important way'
原始詞典資料1 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。
insignificantlyadv
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In an insignificant manner, or to a degree that does not matter.
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。