“But the depth of a novel and its excellence in artistic quality and ideological content can never be judged by the significance or ”insignificance “ of the theme. Austen’s works have been compared to olives, which become the more delicious the more you chew them. ”

但一部小说开掘得深不深，艺术和思想是否有过人之处，的确不在题材大小。有人把奥斯丁的作品比作越嚼越有味道的橄榄。这不仅因为她的语言精彩

Lack of consequence;insignificance .

毫无意义，无价值或用处

A small amount of money per litre on oil pales into insignificance when compared to the costs associated with machinery failure and downtime.

和巨额的设备故障及停机损失相比，花在每升油品上的钱是微不足道的。

All other anxieties paled into insignificance besides the possibility of war.

和可能打仗相比，所有其他忧虑都变得微不足道了。

There was a little ache in her fancy of all he described. Her insignificance in the presence of so much magnificence faintly affected her.

她想象着他所描绘的一切，心里不禁有些刺痛。都市是如此壮观伟大，而她却如此渺小，这不能不使她产生出感慨。

The Coleman report, which highlighted the insignificance of educational differences between blacks and whites, raised many issues and started new controversies

科勒蔓的报告着重强调了黑人与白人之间在教育上的差异是徽不足道的，因而出现了许多问题，引起了新的争论。

In the latter stage, older people are upset by feelings of uselessness and insignificance

老年时期，人们因感到自己无所作为和无足轻重而沮丧。

The crisis soon faded to historical insignificance .

那次危机很快就成为历史上无足轻重的陈迹。

They dwindled all other developments to insignificance

他们把其他所有发展项目减少到没有意义的程度。

He had seen it grow from insignificance to prominence

他眼看它从默默无闻变为赫赫有名。

Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety

微不足道往往是安全之本。

Compared to me, other wonders of the universe pale into insignificance .

宇宙间的其它奇迹,和我相比,都显得无足轻重。

The very insignificance of this planet in the vastness of the known universe is enough to numb the minds of most people

在广阔无垠的已知宇宙中，这颗行星是微不足道的，大多数人对此无法想象。

It is above the common mass, above idleness, above want, above insignificance

这是超出一般人、超出懒散、超出贫困、值得重视的事情。

Their other problems paled into insignificance beside this latest catastrophe

最近发生这一灾祸後, 他们其他的问题都显得无关重要了

Besides, the present ideological quarrels between Tories, Labourites and Liberal Democrats pale into insignificance next to America’s.

除此外，英国保守党、工党和自由民主党意识形态上的分歧争辩同美国相比，简直是小巫见大巫。

The historical exploration of CPC to secure the legal rights and interests of workers in private enterprise and its realistic insignificance

党对保障私营企业中工人合法权益的历史探索及现实意义

Set in Czechoslovakia in the late 60s, it explores the insignificance of our actions and existence, in beautiful language.

故事背景是20世纪60年代的捷克斯洛伐克，它以优美的语言探讨了我们行为和存在的意义。

These risks, though, pale into insignificance compared with Fannie and Freddie.

尽管这些风险存在，但是跟房利美和房地美比起来，他们还是小菜一碟。

That would make the vast expense of unification in Germany pale into insignificance .

两德统一时，巨额的开支也使得德国政府显得苍白无力。

In the vastness of it all, I saw the insignificance of my fears and concerns.

面对着浩瀚无垠的空间，我看到个人的恐惧与担忧是如此地微不足道。

critics “misguided” and, pointing to Myanmar’s relative insignificance compared with richer thugocracies, “hypocritical” .

批评者却称之「被误导」和「虚伪的」，后者是指相较于富有的流氓国家，缅甸显得相对的无足轻重。

These objections might recede insignificance if “quantitative easing” could be expected to stimulate theeconomy.

如果大众期望“量化宽松”政策能够刺激经济，这些目标可能都显得不再重要。

With such rivals for the notice of the fair, as Mr. Wickham and the officers, Mr. Collins seemed likely to sink into insignificance ;

说起要博得女性的青眼，柯林斯先生遇到象韦翰先生和军官们这样的劲敌，真变得无足轻重了。

The need to raise outside capital to finance growth can slowly dilute the family’s stake to insignificance .

他们需要向外集资来实现财政增长，而这会逐步削弱家族股份的比例。