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immaterial

adjective
🔊/ˌɪməˈtɪəriəl/
🔊/ˌɪməˈtɪriəl/
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  1. [not usually before noun] not important in a particular situation不重要；无关紧要 synonym irrelevant
    • The cost is immaterial.费用并不重要。🔊🔊
    • immaterial to somebody/something It is immaterial to me whether he stays or goes.他的去留与我无关。🔊🔊
    • These facts are immaterial to the problem.这些事实对这个问题无关紧要。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • prove
    • seem
    • …
    adverb
    • completely
    • entirely
    • quite
    • …
    preposition
    • to
    See full entry
  2. (formal) not having a physical form无形体的；非物质的
    • an immaterial God无形的上帝
    • the immaterial mind/soul非物质的思想/灵魂
    opposite material
    3. Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (2)): from late Latin immaterialis, from in- ‘not’ + materialis ‘relating to matter’.