inconspicuous
inconspicuous 英 [ˌɪnkənˈspɪkjuəs] 美 [ˌɪnkənˈspɪkjuəs]
adj. 不显眼的；不引人注意的；（花）不显著的
- Inconspicuous describes something that doesn't stand out or attract attention. The bad news? You just got pizza sauce on your shirt. The good news? It landed in an inconspicuous spot, so no one will notice.
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- adj. 不显眼的；不引人注意的；（花）不显著的
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1. The exterior of the clockmaker's home was trim and tended and perfectly inconspicuous in its working-class neighborhood.
钟表匠家的外面很齐整，这在这片工薪阶层住宅区里一点儿也不显眼。
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2. Few researchers, though, had given any serious thought to the relatively small and inconspicuous marks around the cave paintings.
不过仍然有少数研究人员郑重地看待洞穴壁画周围那些相对小又不显眼的标记。
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3. A dent in an inconspicuous place on an appliance, a small blemish on the wood of a table or buttons missing on a designer blouse shoud equate to big savings to those who haggle price.
对于砍家来说，一件器具不显眼位置上的凹痕，木台上的小污点，或是名牌衬衫上少了个纽扣都是省钱的地方。
- inconspicuous (adj.) 1620s, "invisible," from Late Latin inconspicuus "not conspicuous," from in- "not, opposite of, without" (see in- (1)) + Latin conspicuus (see conspicuous). Weakened sense of "not readily seen or noticed" developed by 1828. Related: Inconspicuously; inconspicuousness.
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