peripheral

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pe·riph·e·ral1 /pəˈrɪfərəl/ adjectiveadj

1 UNIMPORTANT formal not as important as other things or people in a particular activity, idea, or situation 次要的，非主要的

a diplomat who had a peripheral role in the negotiations

在谈判中发挥辅助作用的外交官

Her involvement in the case was peripheral.

她在这宗案件中是从犯。

peripheral to

The romance is peripheral to the main plot of the movie.

这段恋情是电影主要情节之外的支线。

2 OUT/OUTSIDE formal in the outer area of something, or relating to this area （在…）外围的，（在…）周边的，（在…）边缘的

the city’s peripheral suburbs

这座城市的市郊

the peripheral nervous system

周围神经系统

3. peripheral vision your ability to see things to the side of you when you look straight ahead 周边视觉

Examples from the Corpus

peripheral vision• I was taking it slowly when I caught a flash of red on the edge of my peripheral vision.• Tracers from our own guns flowed in my peripheral vision.• The sailor must have caught my sudden motion in his peripheral vision: he looked up suddenly, and dimensions shifted again.• This allows them to maintain the same panoramic peripheral vision over a wide range of light levels.• I held Ellie in my peripheral vision, watching her long neck and the swell of her chest from across the room.• I made do with peripheral vision, which, after all, is the next best thing.• Use your peripheral vision widely when moving from place to place.

4. TD technical peripheral equipment can be connected to a computer and used with it 〔计算机设备〕外围的，周边的

—peripherally adverbadv

Examples from the Corpus

peripheral• It is a society in which women's rights and concerns are still treated as peripheral.• But Mrs Clinton has said they prove that her involvement was peripheral.• Stan plays a peripheral character in the series.• Although a definition of central information was attempted, no clear description of the types of peripheral information available was previously offered.• But those were the peripheral ingredients to the Bruins' second nonconference home loss in the past 46 games.• During the recession some larger companies recognised a need to dispose of peripheral interests and apply the proceeds to their core businesses.• So the first step in treating peripheral neuropathy is maintenance of tight control of blood glucose levels.• Too much money is being spent on peripheral programs when our kids can't read or do basic math.• The U.S. State Department had only a peripheral role in the negotiations.• The romance was peripheral to the movie's main plot.• Why, some might question, is there such an emphasis on something which is so peripheral to the New Testament?

peripheral to• activities that are peripheral to the organization's educational goals

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