英语词汇“tangential”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

tangential

(tændʒenʃəl )

1. adjective

If you describe something as tangential, you mean that it has only a slight or indirect connection with the thing you are concerned with, and is therefore not worth considering seriously. [formal]

Too much time was spent discussing tangential issues.

They thought the whole thing was a side-show, tangential to the real world of business.

2. adjective

If something is tangential to something else, it is at a tangent to it.

...point T, where the demand curve is tangential to the straight line L. [+ to]

...the street tangential to the courthouse square.

单词	tangential
释义	tangential (tændʒenʃəl ) 1. adjective If you describe something as tangential, you mean that it has only a slight or indirect connection with the thing you are concerned with, and is therefore not worth considering seriously. [formal] Too much time was spent discussing tangential issues. They thought the whole thing was a side-show, tangential to the real world of business. 2. adjective If something is tangential to something else, it is at a tangent to it. ...point T, where the demand curve is tangential to the straight line L. [+ to] ...the street tangential to the courthouse square.
随便看	hard labor hard labour hard left hard-left hard lesson hard-line hardline hardline hard-line hardline faction hard-liner hardliner hardliner hard luck hardly hardly any hardly aware hardly conducive to hardly ever hardly fair hardly ideal hardly noticeable hardly revolutionary hardly shocking hardly subtle