the unimportance of sth
unimportance 通常不可数,常用 the unimportance of... 结构指出某事物缺乏重要性。
The unimportance of this detail became clear only later.
这个细节无关紧要,这一点后来才变得清楚。
不重要;无关紧要
不重要,缺乏重要性。;不足道
不重要,缺乏重要性。
Lack of importance.
At first I worried about the typo, but then I realized its complete unimportance.
起初我担心那个拼写错误,但后来我意识到它完全不重要。
用法提示:unimportance 是不可数名词,作 realized 的宾语,表示‘不重要、无关紧要’。
The meeting focused on the unimportance of small delays in the project.
会议聚焦于项目中短暂延误的无关紧要。
用法提示:unimportance 为名词,在 of 后作介词宾语,说明‘不重要’这一性质。
The unimportance of the rumor became very clear when no one mentioned it.
这则谣言的无足轻重变得很明显,因为没有人提起它。
用法提示:unimportance 作句子的主语,表示‘不重要’的状态。
unimportance 通常不可数,常用 the unimportance of... 结构指出某事物缺乏重要性。
The unimportance of this detail became clear only later.
这个细节无关紧要,这一点后来才变得清楚。
of 后接动名词短语,表示做某事并不重要。
He emphasized the unimportance of winning at any cost.
他强调不惜一切代价取胜并不重要。
可用物主限定词说明某人在特定范围内不重要。
She gradually accepted her unimportance in the organization.
她逐渐接受了自己在这个组织中无足轻重。
grammar · medium
易错句子The teacher said this detail is unimportance.
正确表达The teacher said this detail is unimportant.
unimportance 是名词,不能放在 be 动词后作表语;系动词后表示“不重要的”要用形容词 unimportant。中文“不重要”既可作定语也可作表语,容易让学生把名词直接当形容词用。
grammar · medium
易错句子She pointed out several unimportances in the report.
正确表达She pointed out several unimportant points in the report.
unimportance 表示“缺乏重要性”这一抽象概念,是不可数名词,不能加 -es 变复数来指“几件不重要的事”;要表达具体条目需改用形容词 unimportant 修饰可数名词 points。
unimportance 是名词,意为“不重要、无足轻重”;importance 是它的反义词,意为“重要性”。两者意义相反,不能互换。注意前缀 un- 表否定:说某事物“不重要”用 unimportance,说某事物“重要”用 importance。
两者都表示“不重要”,但侧重点不同:unimportance 直白指“缺乏重要性”,较中性;insignificance 更强调“微不足道、无意义”,常带“因太小而不值一提”的意味,且更常用于正式或学术语境(如 statistical insignificance)。多数语境可换,但需强调“微小/无意义”时用 insignificance。
unimportance 是名词,不能直接修饰名词;unimportant 是形容词,意为“不重要的”,用于修饰名词(如 an unimportant detail)。需要名词时用 unimportance,需要形容词时用 unimportant。
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