The committee dismissed the trivial formatting errors in the report, focusing instead on the accuracy of the data.
委员会忽略了报告中琐碎的格式错误,转而关注数据的准确性。
Which choice best defines “trivial”?
C — Not important. “trivial” means not important.
Which word means “not important”?
B — trivial. “trivial” means not important.
trivial — not important. In Chinese: 琐碎的,不重要.
trivial is pronounced /ˈtrɪviəl/.
The committee dismissed the trivial formatting errors in the report, focusing instead on the accuracy of the data. (委员会忽略了报告中琐碎的格式错误,转而关注数据的准确性。)
insignificant, minor, petty — all close in meaning to trivial (not important).
significant, crucial — each the opposite of trivial (not important).
Yes. trivial is on the SAT Prep Easy list — mid-frequency academic words that do get tested. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
trivial(insignificant)