“insignificance”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

insignificance

释义

insignificance|ɪnsɪgˈnɪfɪkəns|
(Also 8 erron. -ence.)
[f. insignificant: see -ance.]
The fact or quality of being insignificant.
1. Want of signification or meaning.
1754Edwards Freed. Will i. iii. 15 Such a Man would use these Terms must, irresistible, &c. with perfect Insignificence and Nonsense.
2. Want of significance, importance, or force; complete unimportance; contemptibility.
1699Garth Dispens. i. 187 My annals are in mouldy mildews wrought, With easy insignificance of thought.1755Young Centaur v. Wks. 1757 IV. 216 If we can draw some moral from it, that will abate its insignificance, and give it some little weight.1793Beddoes Math. Evid. 27 Mr. Locke has shewn the insignificance of these axioms.1820Scott Monast. xvii, A sufficient apology for a whole life of insignificance.1872Yeats Growth Comm. 329 The foreign commerce of Cologne sank into insignificance.

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