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单词 peripheral
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peripheral
adjective
uk
/pəˈrɪf.ər.əl/us
/pəˈrɪf.ɚ.əl/
Something that is peripheral is not asimportantas somethingelse:
次要的，附带的
Thebookcontainsagreatdealof peripheraldetail.该书包含了大量无关紧要的细节。
happeningat theedgeof something:
外围的，边缘的
Afigurecame into my peripheralvision.一个身影从远处映入我眼帘。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Of little or less importance
  • be in/undersomeone'sshadowidiom
  • be neither here nor thereidiom
  • be no big dealidiom
  • biggie
  • derisory
  • lowly
  • meaningless
  • meaninglessly
  • meaninglessness
  • mere
  • merely
  • petty
  • piddling
  • piffling
  • play second fiddleidiom
  • poxy
  • rinky-dink
  • subordinate
  • trifling
  • valueless
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Edges & extremities of objects
peripheral
noun[C]
computingspecialized
uk
/pəˈrɪf.ər.əl/us
/pəˈrɪf.ɚ.əl/
apieceofequipment, such as aprinter, that can beconnectedto acomputer
（计算机的）外围设备（如打印机）
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Computer hardware
  • 3-D printer
  • beamer
  • blackberry
  • brick
  • bubblejet
  • card reader
  • data projector
  • gamepad
  • graphics card
  • hard drive
  • microchip
  • optical reader
  • optically
  • palmtop
  • patch
  • patch intosomething
  • pen drive
  • plug and play
  • printer
  • whiteboard
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(Definition ofperipheralfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

peripheral| American Dictionary

peripheral
adjective
us
/pəˈrɪf·ər·əl/
notcentralor ofmainimportance:
First of all, we had tofindout who thethiefwas – getting themoneyback was a peripheralissue.
Peripheralvisionis what you canseeto thesidesof what you arelookingat.
peripheral
noun[C]
us
/pəˈrɪf·ər·əl/
apieceofequipment, such as aprinter, that can beconnectedto acomputer
(Definition ofperipheralfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

peripheral| Business English

peripheral
adjective
uk
/pəˈrɪfərəl/us
used todescribesomething that is not asimportantas themainthing to which it isrelated, forexamplea company's lesssuccessfulactivitiesinrelationtoitsmostsuccessfulones:
Some of the more peripheralinterestshave beensoldand thecompanynow has aclearerfocusoncertainmarkets.
IT
used todescribeapieceofequipment, such as aprinter, that can beconnectedto acomputer:
ThesystemisexpectedtoboostsalesofPCsas well ascomponents,applications, andperipheraldevices.
peripheral
noun[C]
uk
/pəˈrɪfərəl/us
IT
apieceofequipment, such as aprinter, that can beconnectedto acomputer:
Whether something is a peripheral orpartof acomputeris not alwaysclear.
(Definition ofperipheralfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofperipheral

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Computers and their peripherals are electrical devices which need to be cabled together and to the electricity supply.
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The seventh to eleventh peripherals are mediolaterally expanded.
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Emendations of the design elements carried on somewhat in the fashion of adding plug-compatible peripherals to an existing core platform.
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There may be diagrams to show how the servers, peripherals, storage devices, network and user terminals are interconnected.
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The second to sixth peripherals are narrow medio-laterally, and the first to seventh peripherals have a thickened and upturned lateral edge forming a gutter.
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The first to third peripherals contact the first costal plate.
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The complexity of many systems demands that an engineer be involved in the initial configuration of the robot and its peripherals.
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A laptop is designed to have all the necessary peripherals in one case and a mouse would have to be carried separately.
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The right use of the analog and digital interfaces collecting signals from external peripherals and providing control signals to them allows the system to operate properly.
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Ten years later, the corpus of the twentieth century includes different kinds of instruments such as guitars, amplifiers, synthesizers, computers and peripherals, drums and so on.
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Why is the number of genes regulated in sensory neurons afterperipheralnerve injury so large?
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Thus, even low-level viral replication is then sufficient to deplete the remaining central andperipheralreserves.
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I found the author's style rather verbose for a scientific text and too many anecdotes ofperipheralsignificance have extended the length.
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The exercise is not without interest, but apart from being unwieldy on a kingdom-wide scale, it isperipheralto our purpose.
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Attached to it are peripherals, and its arithmetical facility is merely one of those peripherals.
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