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单词 peripheral
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Definition of peripheral in English:

peripheral

adjective pəˈrɪf(ə)r(ə)lpəˈrɪf(ə)rəl
  • 1Relating to or situated on the edge or periphery of something.

    外围的,边缘的

    the peripheral areas of Europe

    欧洲的边缘地区。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He said that the drainage and the sewerage of the peripheral areas is mainly contributing to the pollution of the Dal Lake since all the waste matter of the surrounding areas goes into it.
    • Focusing on each point allows the eye to detect a conflict within the foveal field, as well as contrasting or moving objects in the peripheral area between the center of each scanning block.
    • While watching TV, turn on a few peripheral lights to give your eyes additional focusing cues.
    • All day she had been there on the peripheral edge of his thoughts.
    • I would urge the Minister to take the bold steps required and make provision for the service in these peripheral areas now.
    • These peripheral areas typically attracted rural migrants to the city during World War II and since in pursuit of better living conditions and economic opportunities.
    • The shell has a rubber edging adhesive along its peripheral contour and is painted with a chemical agent-resistive coating.
    • The commission's proposals will be ready in late spring in time to be debated at the two EU conferences in Galway and Mayo on rural development and peripheral areas.
    • Enlargement is focusing minds intently in Brussels, the member state capitals, in peripheral areas such as Scotland and, above all, across eastern Europe.
    • In addition it affects people in the peripheral areas of the county as the surrounding health boards are now refusing to accept patients from outside their own catchment area.
    • A frame pattern is formed on the array substrate at the outer side of the display area to prevent a light leakage at the outer peripheral edge of the display area.
    • Not only has the course of these rivulets been changed by encroachers within the township, but also in peripheral areas falling in the neighbouring state of Punjab.
    • The light colored splotches appear as a more or less solid mass in the peripheral area of the coral, but they have a lamellar distribution of blebs farther in.
    • Large chunks of peripheral area, especially on the eastern banks, have been encroached upon and water areas are being turned into vegetable gardens or even residential areas without any check.
    • Most of these people were much more peripheral to the dynamics of change so apparent in the south-eastern part of the British Isles and in Scotland, and had less engagement with those outside their regions.
    • Bangalore in the future is to grow only in zones - right from the central business district to green belt or agricultural zones in the peripheral areas.
    • We are looking to increase mobility around the peripheral joints whilst maintaining stability in the core.
    • Instead, it is a better idea to sample from the peripheral edges of affected areas where plant symptoms are less severe and nematode population densities are still high.
    • Fuel demand in provincial areas will be higher than that in Bangkok and its peripheral areas, since a large number of people will travel to celebrate the holiday in other regions of the country.
    • The size and shape of this interior part resemble the size and shape of the anterior end of a normal worm, and the apparent overgrowth of the anterior tip of the mutant is peripheral to this tapered part.
    Synonyms
    outlying, outer, on the edge/outskirts, outermost, fringe, border, surrounding
    rare circumferential, perimetric
    1. 1.1 Of secondary or minor importance; marginal.
      次要的;无关紧要的
      she will see their problems as peripheral to her own

      她会认为他们的问题与她自己的相比是微不足道的。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • This ubiquity of unavoidable helplessness points to the possibility that dependency is not peripheral to the social order, but is somehow central to it.
      • The struggles, challenges, dysfunctions, dreams and accomplishments of families in the past, therefore, are not peripheral to historical inquiry, but central to it.
      • A decade ago, NGOs were fairly peripheral to major international diplomacy.
      • Recall in the first instance that much of this is peripheral to our lives.
      • Under this standard, a subpoena that is peripheral to the case, or that is drawn too broadly or vaguely, is unlikely to be enforced unless it is focussed and narrowed.
      • Of course, all this, as well as the leafy branches and stuffed birds, is peripheral to the music and suggests that they themselves realise the songs aren't their strongest selling point and need some kind of quirky garnish.
      • He begins by telling us what education is although it is peripheral to the central thrust of my argument.
      • Foreign policy and national security issues are not peripheral to the task of national governance - they are central, as we have seen in the events of the last few weeks.
      • The Charter may be extended to claims that are marginal or peripheral to the philosophical purposes of a bill of rights.
      • But history as recent as the past 200 years is peripheral to his interests.
      • Of course, for the students, who graduated last week, all the technological details of why and how were peripheral to having a chance to learn the violin.
      • One is to ignore the issue as peripheral to what is of permanent importance in his work, namely the innovative comparative political sociology and cultural history that we have examined in the previous two chapters.
      • And why this unseemly obsession with the Reformatories, when the Reformatories were peripheral to this story?
      • One or more floor tom-toms followed and by 1940 the drum kit had reached its present form, though any number of peripheral instruments may be added by the player.
      • Fiction is permitted so long as sport is the engine of the narrative rather than being merely incidental or peripheral to it.
      • It seems that there is a real wave over the last, let's say four to five years, of bands that put absolutely no effort into lyrics as though they were completely peripheral to the song.
      • You know you're watching a bad zombie film when the zombies are peripheral to the sexy outfits, time-and-space-defying stunts, and deliriously obnoxious soundtrack.
      • She believes that matters such as the effect on the environment or possible health risks are peripheral to the core of the issue.
      • I cannot resist the temptation to respond to a few specific points, although they are peripheral to the central, important matter of the controversy itself.
      • The parts of economics most familiar to organizational theorists, agency theory and transaction-cost theory, are peripheral to the argument.
      Synonyms
      secondary, subsidiary, incidental, tangential, marginal, minor, unimportant, lesser, inessential, non-essential, immaterial, superficial, ancillary, borderline
      irrelevant, beside the point, of little account, extraneous
    2. 1.2Anatomy Near the surface of the body, with special reference to the circulation and nervous system.
      〔剖〕体表的
      lymphocytes from peripheral blood

      体表血液的淋巴细胞。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Patients who do smoke are told to stop smoking, as it reduces peripheral blood circulation, especially to the skin, and impedes healing.
      • Segmental hypotonias are associated with disorders of the motor neuron, peripheral nerve, neuromuscular junction and skeletal muscle.
      • The smooth musculature of the larger blood vessels is relaxed, including the coronary, systemic peripheral and pulmonary arteries.
      • It is thought that painful lesions are those that involve peritoneal surfaces innervated by peripheral spinal nerves, not those innervated by the autonomic nervous system.
      • Myelin is present in both the central and peripheral nervous system.
  • 2(of a device) able to be attached to and used with a computer, though not an integral part of it.

    (计算机设备)外围的

    a peripheral control processor
    Example sentencesExamples
    • While we don't have really anything out of the ordinary here it is everything that we need so you shouldn't have any problems when it comes to installing your peripheral devices.
    • The higher bandwidth of the memory bus compared to the processor bus can be used efficiently by the peripheral devices working with the memory as well as for hardware data prefetch algorithms.
    • If no peripheral device is located, then the application will select a default peripheral device.
    • Hidden in empty books were many peripheral devices such as microphones, cameras, and such.
    • It is designed for new mass storage devices and other peripheral devices that require very high bandwidth.
    • The back of the truck is anchored firmly to the asphalt by a ton of documents, storage media, books, computers, and peripheral devices.
    • Disconnect the computer and any attached peripheral equipment from the mains.
    • It will be paid in the form of vouchers that eligible consumers will be able to use to buy desktop hardware, laptops, tablet PCs, software and peripheral devices from any vendor.
    • In the PC environment an example would be peripheral devices that can send data to each other without first going through the PC.
    • The routers are also used to connect computers with printers and other peripheral devices.
    • Two front-mounted USB ports make it easier to connect peripheral devices.
    • Examples of these peripheral devices are single-handed keyboards, lightweight headset pointers, and trackballs to replace mice.
    • These connectors can be plugged into devices such as computers and peripheral devices such that the respective components can be interconnected.
    • Most types of peripheral device have been honed to perfection.
    • Each peripheral then responds, which results in a two-way communication between the host PC and its associated peripheral devices.
    • Leading the parade in the past have been desktop and large computers, computer peripheral goods, and traditional wired telephone equipment.
    • It executes program instructions, writes and reads information to or from memory, and accesses peripheral devices such as serial ports and disk controllers.
    • The USB specification for attaching peripheral components (modem, printer, etc) to computers is an example.
    • In addition, four USB ports are available for connection to a variety of peripheral devices such as printers, modems or external storage devices.
    • During periods of heavy USB peripheral use, printing delays often stretched into minutes.
noun pəˈrɪf(ə)r(ə)lpəˈrɪf(ə)rəl
Computing
  • A peripheral device.

    〔计算机〕外围设备

    printers and other peripherals
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Instead, it wants to build these devices as standard peripherals on its processors.
    • The jobs of these printers are to be peripherals that apply ink to paper.
    • In addition to lost space, money on these extra peripherals is wasted.
    • The growth market sectors in the current and coming fiscal years are peripherals and display devices.
    • Consumers can also buy inexpensive hard disks and other peripherals.

Derivatives

  • peripherality

    〔计算机〕外围设备

  • noun pərɪf(ə)ˈralɪti
    • The Government took the view that the selected criteria already reflected unemployment and, as to peripherality, considered it inappropriate to devise a specific criterion for two reasons.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In this regard it would go some way towards making it a more attractive proposition for inward investment and would help to reduce the peripherality of the region.
      • The Task Force, in its first year, has targeted areas within the county that have been traditionally marginalized and have suffered because of their peripherality.
      • I have said on many occasions that peripherality is a state of mind.
      • Broadband is also becoming more important for the efficient delivery of public services, and it enables people to work and study from home and can reduce the impact of peripherality as a reason for underdevelopment.
  • peripheralization

  • nounpəˌrɪf(ə)rəlʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)npəˌrɪf(ə)rəˌlaɪˈzeɪʃən
    • After them came, as the model suggested, angry, elite political propagandists, whose life chances and worldviews were shaped by the contours of their peripheralization.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This highlights the relationship between the re-creation of a surplus population and the trend towards the peripheralization of major areas of work.
      • I'm talking about the recent rejection of asylum seekers, their peripheralisation and the opportunity for reconciliation which has slipped through our fingers.
  • peripheralize

    〔计算机〕外围设备

  • verb pəˈrɪf(ə)rəlʌɪzpəˈrɪf(ə)rəˌlaɪz
    [with object]
    • Treat as insignificant or peripheral.

      historians peripheralized the work of women in rebuilding societies
      Example sentencesExamples
      • peripheralized, disadvantaged, and downtrodden peoples
      • ‘Contemporary music is peripheralised,’ he says.
      • When our material needs are so important that we can identify how to satisfy them in society, we peripheralise the big subjects.
      • Under these circumstances, language came to serve in Europe, in the manner the Atlantic had earlier done for the Americas, as a profoundly peripheralizing force.
  • peripherally

  • adverb pəˈrɪf(ə)rəlipəˈrɪf(ə)rəli
    • And it's not a media problem, except peripherally.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I've been playing shows peripherally with their artists at different times, but coming into it now, I'm sure my view is quite different from anybody else's.
      • Although he was only peripherally involved in the scandal, he pled guilty and served seven months in prison on an attenuated criminal charge related to the break-in.
      • Twenty years ago, he was one of a bunch of people I knew peripherally through the local Vancouver computer bulletin board system community.
      • Everything else is only registered peripherally - if at all.

Definition of peripheral in US English:

peripheral

adjectivepəˈrɪf(ə)rəlpəˈrif(ə)rəl
  • 1Relating to or situated on the edge or periphery of something.

    外围的,边缘的

    the peripheral areas of Europe

    欧洲的边缘地区。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The size and shape of this interior part resemble the size and shape of the anterior end of a normal worm, and the apparent overgrowth of the anterior tip of the mutant is peripheral to this tapered part.
    • Instead, it is a better idea to sample from the peripheral edges of affected areas where plant symptoms are less severe and nematode population densities are still high.
    • The shell has a rubber edging adhesive along its peripheral contour and is painted with a chemical agent-resistive coating.
    • Not only has the course of these rivulets been changed by encroachers within the township, but also in peripheral areas falling in the neighbouring state of Punjab.
    • We are looking to increase mobility around the peripheral joints whilst maintaining stability in the core.
    • All day she had been there on the peripheral edge of his thoughts.
    • He said that the drainage and the sewerage of the peripheral areas is mainly contributing to the pollution of the Dal Lake since all the waste matter of the surrounding areas goes into it.
    • In addition it affects people in the peripheral areas of the county as the surrounding health boards are now refusing to accept patients from outside their own catchment area.
    • Large chunks of peripheral area, especially on the eastern banks, have been encroached upon and water areas are being turned into vegetable gardens or even residential areas without any check.
    • A frame pattern is formed on the array substrate at the outer side of the display area to prevent a light leakage at the outer peripheral edge of the display area.
    • Focusing on each point allows the eye to detect a conflict within the foveal field, as well as contrasting or moving objects in the peripheral area between the center of each scanning block.
    • These peripheral areas typically attracted rural migrants to the city during World War II and since in pursuit of better living conditions and economic opportunities.
    • Most of these people were much more peripheral to the dynamics of change so apparent in the south-eastern part of the British Isles and in Scotland, and had less engagement with those outside their regions.
    • The light colored splotches appear as a more or less solid mass in the peripheral area of the coral, but they have a lamellar distribution of blebs farther in.
    • Fuel demand in provincial areas will be higher than that in Bangkok and its peripheral areas, since a large number of people will travel to celebrate the holiday in other regions of the country.
    • While watching TV, turn on a few peripheral lights to give your eyes additional focusing cues.
    • The commission's proposals will be ready in late spring in time to be debated at the two EU conferences in Galway and Mayo on rural development and peripheral areas.
    • Enlargement is focusing minds intently in Brussels, the member state capitals, in peripheral areas such as Scotland and, above all, across eastern Europe.
    • Bangalore in the future is to grow only in zones - right from the central business district to green belt or agricultural zones in the peripheral areas.
    • I would urge the Minister to take the bold steps required and make provision for the service in these peripheral areas now.
    Synonyms
    outlying, outer, on the edge, on the outskirts, outermost, fringe, border, surrounding
    1. 1.1 Of secondary or minor importance; marginal.
      次要的;无关紧要的
      she will see their problems as peripheral to her own

      她会认为他们的问题与她自己的相比是微不足道的。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • She believes that matters such as the effect on the environment or possible health risks are peripheral to the core of the issue.
      • One is to ignore the issue as peripheral to what is of permanent importance in his work, namely the innovative comparative political sociology and cultural history that we have examined in the previous two chapters.
      • Recall in the first instance that much of this is peripheral to our lives.
      • The struggles, challenges, dysfunctions, dreams and accomplishments of families in the past, therefore, are not peripheral to historical inquiry, but central to it.
      • One or more floor tom-toms followed and by 1940 the drum kit had reached its present form, though any number of peripheral instruments may be added by the player.
      • You know you're watching a bad zombie film when the zombies are peripheral to the sexy outfits, time-and-space-defying stunts, and deliriously obnoxious soundtrack.
      • He begins by telling us what education is although it is peripheral to the central thrust of my argument.
      • Of course, all this, as well as the leafy branches and stuffed birds, is peripheral to the music and suggests that they themselves realise the songs aren't their strongest selling point and need some kind of quirky garnish.
      • But history as recent as the past 200 years is peripheral to his interests.
      • I cannot resist the temptation to respond to a few specific points, although they are peripheral to the central, important matter of the controversy itself.
      • Foreign policy and national security issues are not peripheral to the task of national governance - they are central, as we have seen in the events of the last few weeks.
      • It seems that there is a real wave over the last, let's say four to five years, of bands that put absolutely no effort into lyrics as though they were completely peripheral to the song.
      • And why this unseemly obsession with the Reformatories, when the Reformatories were peripheral to this story?
      • Under this standard, a subpoena that is peripheral to the case, or that is drawn too broadly or vaguely, is unlikely to be enforced unless it is focussed and narrowed.
      • Fiction is permitted so long as sport is the engine of the narrative rather than being merely incidental or peripheral to it.
      • Of course, for the students, who graduated last week, all the technological details of why and how were peripheral to having a chance to learn the violin.
      • A decade ago, NGOs were fairly peripheral to major international diplomacy.
      • The Charter may be extended to claims that are marginal or peripheral to the philosophical purposes of a bill of rights.
      • This ubiquity of unavoidable helplessness points to the possibility that dependency is not peripheral to the social order, but is somehow central to it.
      • The parts of economics most familiar to organizational theorists, agency theory and transaction-cost theory, are peripheral to the argument.
      Synonyms
      secondary, subsidiary, incidental, tangential, marginal, minor, unimportant, lesser, inessential, non-essential, immaterial, superficial, ancillary, borderline
    2. 1.2attributive (of a device) able to be attached to and used with a computer, although not an integral part of it.
      (计算机设备)外围的
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Most types of peripheral device have been honed to perfection.
      • Leading the parade in the past have been desktop and large computers, computer peripheral goods, and traditional wired telephone equipment.
      • In the PC environment an example would be peripheral devices that can send data to each other without first going through the PC.
      • During periods of heavy USB peripheral use, printing delays often stretched into minutes.
      • It will be paid in the form of vouchers that eligible consumers will be able to use to buy desktop hardware, laptops, tablet PCs, software and peripheral devices from any vendor.
      • While we don't have really anything out of the ordinary here it is everything that we need so you shouldn't have any problems when it comes to installing your peripheral devices.
      • The routers are also used to connect computers with printers and other peripheral devices.
      • Each peripheral then responds, which results in a two-way communication between the host PC and its associated peripheral devices.
      • The USB specification for attaching peripheral components (modem, printer, etc) to computers is an example.
      • The higher bandwidth of the memory bus compared to the processor bus can be used efficiently by the peripheral devices working with the memory as well as for hardware data prefetch algorithms.
      • The back of the truck is anchored firmly to the asphalt by a ton of documents, storage media, books, computers, and peripheral devices.
      • Hidden in empty books were many peripheral devices such as microphones, cameras, and such.
      • It is designed for new mass storage devices and other peripheral devices that require very high bandwidth.
      • In addition, four USB ports are available for connection to a variety of peripheral devices such as printers, modems or external storage devices.
      • Examples of these peripheral devices are single-handed keyboards, lightweight headset pointers, and trackballs to replace mice.
      • Two front-mounted USB ports make it easier to connect peripheral devices.
      • It executes program instructions, writes and reads information to or from memory, and accesses peripheral devices such as serial ports and disk controllers.
      • Disconnect the computer and any attached peripheral equipment from the mains.
      • If no peripheral device is located, then the application will select a default peripheral device.
      • These connectors can be plugged into devices such as computers and peripheral devices such that the respective components can be interconnected.
    3. 1.3Anatomy Near the surface of the body, with special reference to the circulation and nervous system.
      〔剖〕体表的
      lymphocytes from peripheral blood

      体表血液的淋巴细胞。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Segmental hypotonias are associated with disorders of the motor neuron, peripheral nerve, neuromuscular junction and skeletal muscle.
      • The smooth musculature of the larger blood vessels is relaxed, including the coronary, systemic peripheral and pulmonary arteries.
      • Myelin is present in both the central and peripheral nervous system.
      • Patients who do smoke are told to stop smoking, as it reduces peripheral blood circulation, especially to the skin, and impedes healing.
      • It is thought that painful lesions are those that involve peritoneal surfaces innervated by peripheral spinal nerves, not those innervated by the autonomic nervous system.
nounpəˈrɪf(ə)rəlpəˈrif(ə)rəl
Computing
  • A peripheral device.

    〔计算机〕外围设备

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In addition to lost space, money on these extra peripherals is wasted.
    • Consumers can also buy inexpensive hard disks and other peripherals.
    • Instead, it wants to build these devices as standard peripherals on its processors.
    • The growth market sectors in the current and coming fiscal years are peripherals and display devices.
    • The jobs of these printers are to be peripherals that apply ink to paper.
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