| 单词 | nugatory |
| 释义 | nugatory adjective formaluk/ˈnjuː.ɡə.tər.i/us/ˈnuː.ɡə.tɔːr.i/worthnothing or of littlevalue: 无价值的，无意义的a nugatoryamount微不足道的小钱 Useless and futile
Examplesofnugatorynugatory The fact that joint exercise of sovereignty has been found advantageous in certain cases did not mean that separate exercise would benugatory. From theCambridge English Corpus The state at a local level was less robust, but its influence was more thannugatory. From theCambridge English Corpus It is, on the contrary, anugatoryquantity, on an equal footing with that of all the huge number of alternative versions of theism discussed earlier. From theCambridge English Corpus If the self were not continuous, it could disavow responsibility for what it had done in the past; such a situation rendered morality, legal responsibility and sinnugatory. From theCambridge English Corpus How much, in fact, has been renderednugatorybecause there is not any accommodation available to which sailors' wives can be taken? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 And after enormous expense a proposal can be made, fought through a variety of procedure, and, after all, withdrawn as purelynugatory. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In similar fashion, the joint industrial agreements in the construction industry are renderednugatory. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Savings around the country will be very modest—nugatoryeven. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But since then we have learned that this safeguard is absolutelynugatory. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That being so, the right conferred by clause 3(2) isnugatory. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We have the authority to set up the headquarters building, and that is notnugatory. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Work involved in their production would inevitably be largelynugatory. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The giving of an order for the transfer of the tenancy to the housewife might be completelynugatory. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not pretend it is, but it is not anugatoryprocedure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But if both the locks opened with the same key, the protection given would benugatory. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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