Burns played the bemused, tolerant observer of Allen’s inconsequential ravings

艾伦断断续续地胡编胡诌，伯恩斯则充当茫然无措、百事相容的搭档。

an inconsequential idea

不足取的想法.

An insufficient or inconsequential amount in comparison with what is required.

沧海一粟与所需数量相比不足或不合理的

A literary or dramatic work that makes a subject appear ridiculous by treating it in an incongruous way,as by presenting a lofty subject with vulgarity or an inconsequential one with mock dignity.

讽刺作品，滑稽戏剧以一种不和谐的方式看待事物，使其显得滑稽可笑的文学或戏剧作品，比如用丑陋来表达高尚的主题或者给一个微不足道的人以虚假的高位显爵

The choice of the reference temperature is inconsequential

基准温度的选择是无关紧要的。

Nowadays some things do not need to be rushed--for instance, an inconsequential message to five people that can be enclosed in envelopes put in canvas bags and released slowly

今天也有缓慢优雅的事情，比如，和五个人分别说几句不重要的话，然后让它们散淡地跟着帆布口袋走在漫漫路上。

But if someone as inconsequential as himself was worth of patronage, then obviously he shouldn’t underestimate himself

可是自己是一个无足轻重的人，居然有被他收罗的资格，足见未可妄自菲薄。

It is not inconsequential to kill 100,000 people

杀死10万人非同小可。

There is much that is unfair in this world, and maybe you have been improperly graded, but even so there is no reason to make a fuss about it, for it is inconsequential and you should rest content as long as you have enough to eat

世界上是有许多不公道的事情，那个级可能评得不对，那也无须闹，无关大局，只要有饭吃就行。

Something small, trivial, or inconsequential .

琐事;小的、轻的或不重要的事

Whether they will or not is another matter, which is inconsequential , involving as it does only the two of them

他们改不改是另一个问题，那个问题很小，只是他们两个人。

A minor or an inconsequential item or aspect; a minutiae

微小或不重要的条款或方面;微不足道的事.

We are not dismissing resource problems as inconsequential to development

我们并不把资源问题贬为对发展无关紧要的问题。

Something inconsequential or insignificant.

无意义或无结果的事物

Something that is particularly small,light,or inconsequential .

无足轻重的东西非常小、轻或不重要的东西

“WE HAVE from time to time been subject to PRC and foreign government inquiries and investigations.” So declared form 20-F, a regulatory filing submitted by Alibaba, China’s biggest e-commerce firm, to America’s Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on May 24th. It is tempting to dismiss this as boilerplate language. All foreign firms listed in America (Alibaba trades on the New York Stock Exchange) are required to file this document regularly.|| In fact, it is not inconsequential . The filing revealed that Alibaba is the target of an ongoing SEC investigation into its accounting practices. The company’s shares fell sharply after the news became public.||

||1:中国最大的电商—阿里巴巴在5月24日上交给美国证券交易委员会（SEC）的20-F年报（译者注：监管文件，20-F是对那些注册地不在美国的上市公司所要求的年报，美国本土的上市公司用10-K格式的年报）称：“我们时常受到国内和外国政府的调查和问讯。”||2:这样的说法很难不被当成是打官腔。||3:所有在美上市的外国企业（阿里巴巴在纽约证券交易所公开交易）需要定期填写相关文件。||4:然而事实上这并非无关紧要。||5:监管文件显示阿里巴巴已经成为美国证券交易委员会调查会计实务的目标。||6:消息曝光后，该公司的股票急剧下跌。||

These contracts are all inconsequential .

这些合同都是无关紧要的。

The choice, in short, is between the incomprehensible and the inconsequential .

总之，就是介于令人费解和毫无逻辑之间。

On the face of it, these comments were both obvious and inconsequential .

表面看来，这些谈论无足轻重，了无新意。

But companies must work hard to maintain differentiation precisely because the differences are inconsequential to users.

但企业必须努力保持差异性，正是因为这些差异性对用户无关紧要。

However, you can’t get rid of lonely feelings with personal contact that is inconsequential .

但是，你也无法摆脱寂寞感和无关紧要的人际关系。

But why would two seemingly unconnected things - apparently inconsequential eye movements and random numbers - be connected?

但为什么两个看起来毫不相干的事儿——明显并不重要的眼球活动和随机数，会被联系起来呢？

The irrational investors may be numerous but they will also be impoverished and inconsequential .

非理性投资者可能不计其数，但他们还是会陷入贫困，且无足轻重。

The international media will devour every inconsequential cough and comma.

国际媒体将密切关注每一声异样的咳嗽和每一个蹊跷的停顿。

This sounds inconsequential , but it makes the Chinese currency its weakest against the dollar since June 12.

看起来这无足轻重，但它意味着人民币兑美元汇率跌至6月12日以来的最低点。

Every designer has run into at least one dispute with a client, sometimes over the most minor and inconsequential of details.

每位设计者至少会与一个客户发生争执，有时是关于最小、最无关紧要的细节。

You talk about the weather, the food on your plate and other immediate, inconsequential subjects.

你谈论天气、盘子里的食物和其它和当时当地有关的事，都是些无关紧要的话题。

Distribution and transmission represent 70% of the state-controlled company’s value, so it would be inconsequential as a pure supplier.

配给和传输收入占了这家国有企业70%的产值，因而它不属于纯粹的能源供应商。

An injury that might be inconsequential back home could prove fatal in the isolated Arctic with no one around to help.

一些在家中看似无足轻重的伤在这里都可能是致命的，因为没有任何人可以帮到你。

Inconsequential , surely, as far as the goings-on in the atmosphere are concerned?

因此，人工照明对于大气的影响想必无关紧要？