extraneous

[eks'treiniəs]

adj. 外来的, 无关的

词形变化

副词: extraneously | 名词: extraneousness |

词义辨析

同义:

a.外来的

extrinsic  external  adventitious  outlying  foreign  exotic  inessential  extra  incidental  peripheral

a.无关的

irrelevant  inapplicable  inapt  impertinent  unrelated  immaterial  needless  unnecessary  superfluous  

同义参见:

side  exterior  outward  outside  occasional  circumstantial  accidental  alien  

英英释义

形容词 extraneous:

not pertinent to the matter under consideration

同义词：immaterial, impertinent, orthogonal

not essential

not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source

同义词：foreign

coming from the outside

同义词：external, outside

补充

extraneousextraneous英:[ikˈstreiniəs] 美:[ɪkˈstreniəs]adj.1.外部的, 外来的2.无关的, 不相干的, 无联系的

例句

1. We ought not to bring in extraneous matters in trying to find a basis for a settlement.我们努力寻求解决问题的基础时, 不应该牵扯进无关的事情。 2. I can choose to ignore these extraneous thoughts or certainly choose not to act on them.我可以选择无视这些无关的想法, 当然也可以选择不按这些想法行事。 3. There was an extraneous element working against them: foreign broadcasts.有一项外来因素干扰他们：外国广播。 4. A major threat from extraneous sources is air pollution and acid rain.源自外部的重大威胁是空气污染和酸雨。 5. Some people find anything extraneous to the task distracting.有些人觉得与工作不相关的任何事情都会分散注意力。 6. one is obliged to wade through many pages of extraneous material.每个人都得苦读很多页无关的资料。 7. when the transmitter pack is turned off no extraneous noise is heard.关掉发射机组件后就听不到外面的噪音了。 8. other insects attach extraneous objects or material to themselves.其他昆虫把体外物体或物质附着在自己身上。 9. She sped up the process by eliminating all extraneous steps.她略去了所有不必要的步骤，加快了进程。 10. extraneous [=irrelevant] information/details无关紧要的信息/细节