nonessential + noun
The report included many nonessential details.
报告中包含了许多非本质的细节。
非必需的;不是必要的。;非本质的
非必需的;不是必要的。
Not required; not essential.
We decided to cut all nonessential expenses from the budget.
我们决定从预算中削减所有非必要的开支。
用法提示:此处 nonessential 作形容词,修饰 expenses,表示“非本质的;不必要的”。
The report contains a lot of nonessential information that we can skip.
这份报告包含很多我们可以跳过的非必要信息。
用法提示:nonessential 作为形容词修饰 information,意为“非必要的”。
During the emergency, only nonessential staff were asked to leave the building.
在紧急情况下,只有非必要的员工被要求离开大楼。
用法提示:nonessential 在此作形容词,修饰 staff,表示“非关键的;不重要的”。
The report included many nonessential details.
报告中包含了许多非本质的细节。
也可用作表语,后接介词to。
These items are nonessential to the project.
这些物品对项目而言并非必要。
grammar · medium
易错句子There are many nonessential in the list.
正确表达There are many nonessentials in the list.
英语中,'nonessential' 作为名词时是可数名词,复数形式为'nonessentials',表示不重要的事物。学习者可能误以为其复数形式与单数相同,或受中文无词形变化影响,漏加-s。
grammar · medium
易错句子This is a non-essential item.
正确表达This is a nonessential item.
在英语中,'nonessential' 通常不用连字符,而是直接拼写为一个单词。学习者可能受中文连字符影响或误以为复合词需加连字符,但实际上形容词'nonessential'的标准拼写是不带连字符的。
nonessential和inessential同义,但nonessential更常用于指绝对非必要,inessential有时侧重非本质属性。
essential是nonessential的反义词,学习者可能因忽略否定前缀而误用。
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