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peripheral

英 [pə'rɪf(ə)r(ə)l] 美[pə'rɪfərəl]

英英释义实用场景例句

近义词outer circumjacent marginal circumambient ambient outlying circumfluent

adj. 外围的；次要的；（神经）末梢区域的
n. 外部设备

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词态变化

复数: peripherals;副词: peripherally;

中文词源

peripheral 外围的，不重要的

来自periphery,外围，边缘。引申词义外围的，不重要的。

英文词源

peripheral (adj.): 1803, from periphery + -al (1). An earlier formation was peripherial (1670s). Related: Peripherally. As a noun, peripherals, "peripheral devices of a computer," is from 1966.

双语例句

1. Science is peripheral to that debate.: 科学并非那场辩论的重点。

2. Fund-raising is peripheral to their main activities.: 对他们的主要活动而言，筹集资金是次要的。

3. The men are somewhat peripheral to this society.: 相对于这个社会来说,人似乎无足轻重.

4. Companies are increasingly keen to contract out peripheral activities like training.: 公司越来越倾向于把像培训这样的非核心业务外包出去。

5. Programmers like wizards because they get to treat users like peripheral devices.: 程序员喜欢向导,因为他们像对待外围设备一样对待用户.