Inessential means not needed. Details can be inessential; a tool, a rule, or a step can be inessential if the main thing still works without it. It is also used as a noun for one such thing: an inessential.

Inessential inessential means意思是 not needed不需要的. Details細節, a tool工具、 a rule規則、 or a step或步驟 can be inessential都可以是inessential if the main thing still works without it只要少了它主要的東西還是行得通. It is also used as a noun它也可以當名詞用 for one such thing指這樣的一件東西: an inessential(一個非必要的東西).

The word is a little formal. In daily talk people say you don't need it, or it's not necessary.

The word is a little formal這個字有點正式. In daily talk日常講話時 people say you don't need it大家會說你不需要, or it's not necessary或說沒必要.

Though actually, what counts as inessential depends on who is speaking: a parent, a boss, or a student may cut very different things and still call them inessential.

Though actually不過其實 what counts as inessential什麼東西算是inessential depends on who is speaking要看是誰在講: a parent家長、 a boss老闆、 or a student或學生 may cut very different things可能會刪掉很不一樣的東西 and still call them inessential但都照樣稱作inessential.

Opposite of essential — and essential here means needed, not 'the oil' or 'the basic nature of a thing,' though that older sense of essence sits underneath.

Opposite of它的反義詞是 essential — and essential here而這裡的essential means needed意思是需要的, not the oil不是指精油 or the basic nature of a thing也不是指事物的本質, though that older sense of essence sits underneath不過essence那個較舊的意思還是潛藏在底下.