nugatory

adj.琐碎的；无价值的；不起作用的；无效的

adj.

1. 无目的的；无价值的
   having no purpose or value

adj. 无价值的；琐碎的；无效的；无法律效力的

1. Bond yields have been falling fast to low levels: for example, after a 40 basis point drop in just over two weeks, seven-year US Treasuries now offer an almost nugatory 1.4 per cent.
   债券收益率一直在快速向低谷下滑：例如，7年期美国国债收益率在短短两周内下跌了40个基点，目前只有区区的1.4%。
2. A nugatory idea, argument, proposal, etc.
   无意义的想法、争论、建议等。
3. Your offices shall have been nugatory.
   你的努力也就没有价值了。
4. This opinion was in practice formulated based on the nugatory answer to a linguistic conception that whether a music segment is clearly signified is justified on the basis of its signified relations.
   这种观念实际上源于语言学概念（即以其所指的关系来判断音乐材料是否所指明确）并得出否定性答案而形成。