not inconsiderableformalIMPORTANT used to emphasize that something is large or important 大的;重要的〔用于强调〕SYN considerable
He has built up a not inconsiderable business empire.
他已建立起一个有相当规模的商业帝国。
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not inconsiderable• The rewardsoffered to those who did so were not inconsiderable.• Which was, she congratulated herself, a not inconsiderable amount of information.• There is also the chance of picking up a not inconsiderable amount of loot.• He was a not inconsiderableartist, illustrating many of his own books.• Lennox Lewis and the rest of boxingawait the answer with not inconsiderable interest.• The pursuer himself will also require to contemplate the not inconsiderablepressure of having to give evidence and face cross-examination.• In this study there was the not inconsiderable problem of a white researcherseeking out black people.• Anyone in the region faces a not inconsiderablerisk of getting the disease.• What little there was had gone to pay off Sir Nelson's own not inconsiderable service debts.
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inconsiderable• Muir was primarily a botanist, a lover of trees and mountains, and his technicalknowledge of wildlife was inconsiderable.• The rewards offered to those who did so were not inconsiderable.• Which was, she congratulated herself, a not inconsiderable amount of information.• There is also the chance of picking up a not inconsiderable amount of loot.• Lennox Lewis and the rest of boxingawait the answer with not inconsiderable interest.• Driftwood, then, fetched a not inconsiderable price.• In politics, this is no inconsiderableskill.