peripheral

英[pə'rɪfərəl] 美[pə'rɪfərəl]
  • adj. 外围的；不重要的
  • n. 外围设备
peripherally
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星级词汇:
  • peri n.妖精；仙女；美女pref.周围；附近；环绕

详细释义

Noun:
  1. (computer science) electronic equipment connected by cable to the CPU of a computer;

    "disk drives and printers are important peripherals"

Adjective:
  1. on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; the outer area;

    "Russia's peripheral provinces"
    "peripheral suburbs"

  2. related to the key issue but not of central importance;

    "a peripheral interest"
    "energy is far from a peripheral issue in the economy"
    "peripheral issues"

双语例句

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

来自柯林斯例句

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。

来自《权威词典》

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.

来自《简明英汉词典》

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。

来自辞典例句

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.

来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. We dealt with the peripheral aspects of a cost reduction program.
      我们谈到了降低成本计划的一些外围问题。
    2. The talks made progress on peripheral issues, but failed to resolve the main dispute between the two sides.
      谈判在次要的问题上取得了进展,但是没能解决双方的主要争端。
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. Unfortunately, the speeds of peripheral devices have not kept pace.
      不幸的是外围设备的速度跟不上主机。
    2. It minimizes distortion and peripheral vignetting at the wide end.
      资讯科技将扭曲和在广泛的结束使晕映的外围设备减到最少。

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