Word
nonsignificant
不重要的；无关紧要的；无足轻重的
Not significant; having little or no importance.
- 1.
Not significant.
不重要的；无关紧要的。
- 2.
Lacking statistical significance.
无统计显著性的。
无统计学意义的；统计上不显著的；不重要的；无关紧要的。；无统计显著性的。；无足轻重的；无意义的
In use
The test results were nonsignificant, so the experiment failed to prove the hypothesis.
The difference between the two groups was nonsignificant, indicating random variation.
The researcher reported a nonsignificant p-value, meaning the finding could be due to chance.
nonsignificant + noun
常用于统计或科学语境，修饰表示结果或差异的名词。
The nonsignificant result suggests that the difference is due to chance.
无显著意义的结果表明差异是由偶然因素造成的。
be + nonsignificant
系表结构，描述某事物无统计显著性。
The correlation was nonsignificant after adjusting for covariates.
在校正协变量后，相关性变得不显著。
Common mistakes
The effect of the drug was nonsignificant in daily life.The effect of the drug was insignificant in daily life.
在非统计语境中表示“不重要”应用 insignificant，而非 nonsignificant（统计学术语，意为“无统计学意义的”）。
The experiment yielded a nonsignificant.The experiment yielded a nonsignificant result.
nonsignificant 是形容词，不能用作名词；需要在后面加名词或改为名词形式 nonsignificance。
Connections
Confusing words
- insignificant
- 微不足道的 · nonsignificant 强调统计上不显著（由偶然引起），而 insignificant 泛指价值或重要性很小。
- non-significant
- 不显著的 · nonsignificant 是合并写法，non-significant 带连字符，意思相同但拼写差异可能导致混淆。
Word family
- significant
- 重要的；有意义的；显著的 · adjective
- significance
- 重要性；意义 · noun
- significantly
- 显著地；重大地 · adverb
- insignificant
- 不重要的；微不足道的；无意义的 · adjective
Learner notes
Grammar Note
通常用于否定句或疑问句，表示‘不重要的’或‘无意义的’。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.