释义 |
unˈrelative, a. (un-1 7, 5 b.)
a1751Bolingbroke Study Hist. ii. (1752) I. 41 The events..appear to us very often..single, and un-relative, if I may use such an expression for want of a better in English. 1757Chesterfield Lett. (1774) II. 371 A propos, (an expression which is commonly used to introduce whatever is unrelative to it). 1776Burney Hist. Mus. I. 62 If the mutations were too sudden and unrelative. 1819Busby Hist. Music II. 122 The sudden and unrelative modulation from F to E♭. |