首页英语词典extraneousextraneous英英释意

extraneous

英[ɪk'streɪnɪəs;ek-] 美[ɪk'strenɪəs]
  • adj. 外来的;没有关联的;来自体外的

英英释意


1. not pertinent to the matter under consideration;
"an issue extraneous to the debate"
"the price was immaterial"
"mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point"
2. not essential;
"the ballet struck me as extraneous and somewhat out of keeping with the rest of the play"
3. not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source;
"water free of extraneous matter"
"foreign particles in milk"
4. coming from the outside;
"extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph"
"relying upon an extraneous income"
"disdaining outside pressure groups"