🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

微不足道的数量

Pronunciation / Transliteration: wēi bù zú dào de shù liàng

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Negligible amount/ˈnɛɡ.lə.dʒə.bəl əˈmaʊnt/
noun phraseCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这只是一个微不足道的数量。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun phrase
  1. 1

    A quantity or sum that is so small or unimportant as to be safely ignored or disregarded.

    "The error in the calculation was a negligible amount and did not affect the final outcome."
  2. 2

    An insignificant fraction of a total quantity, often used in financial or scientific contexts.

    "Taxes on the small transaction came to a negligible amount."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'negligible', derived from Late Latin 'negligibilis' (meaning 'that may be neglected', from 'negligere'), with 'amount', derived from Old French 'amounter' (to amount to, from 'monte', mountain). First appearing in modern financial and scientific English discourse during the 19th century, it describes quantities too small or unimportant to be worth considering.

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