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单词 appurtenance
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Definition of appurtenance in English:

appurtenance

noun əˈpəːt(ɪ)nənsəˈpərt(ə)nəns
usually appurtenances
  • An accessory or other item associated with a particular activity or style of living.

    the appurtenances of consumer culture
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Of course that's about to change, because I went shopping yesterday for household appurtenances.
    • In each case first-class and third-class products would produce the same end result, but would differ in their appurtenances and would appeal to distinct markets.
    • Witchcraft, in seventeenth century Scotland, was not an organised professions with certification authorities, Worst Practice committees and the other appurtenances of the modern caring professions.
    • But he discovered books in college, and in adulthood his house was filled with the appurtenances of a man of science: technical papers, instruments, tanks filled with fish and reptiles.
    • He's purchased a pleasant, tastefully appointed house on Royal Avenue, Chelsea, and fixed it up with all the appurtenances proper to a gentleman of his station.
    • He still spoke softly, and with a shy sincerity, but he seemed more at ease now with the appurtenances of modern technology: with the mike, and with slides and a slide projector besides.
    • Or was it not possible that over the years I had acquired an understanding that the presence of a few bourgeois appurtenances in the backcountry wouldn't cause the planets to alter their orbits?
    • Moreover, in England and elsewhere, Anglicans more than others in the West have maintained the appurtenances of catholicity in liturgy, ceremony, nomenclature, and ecclesial structures.
    • And that in turn justifies the gender quotas, government set-asides, and all the other appurtenances of a feminist society.
    • As a result, low-rise buildings constructed during the early 20th century suffer from the rusting of decorative elements and appurtenances, although they have no metal frames.
    • I don't simply mean that the obvious appurtenances of American life - fast food, SUVs, baseball, whatever - are absent, though they are.
    • Subsequent awards of the specific badge can be recognized with appropriate appurtenances.
    • It is the minimum amount necessary (in whatever relevant dimension) for the use of the property, ‘enough of it so as to include necessary appurtenances.’
    • For those of us not equipped with brass appurtenances, reducing investment risk is often a goal.
    • The wall folds around necessary culinary appurtenances and exposes the kitchen to the rest of the living spaces.
    • Dismantlement of settlements, forced transfers of population and other usual appurtenances of establishing nation-states in ethnically heterogeneous areas would likely ensue.
    • Switches, turntables, engine houses, station houses, platforms, and all the appurtenances of a railway system are built of the very best material and in a very substantial manner.
    • Is it for our feisty presence on the international economic scene, tempered by the inclusive appurtenances of our social safety net?
    • That is, how do audiences ‘see’ or comprehend oriental influence (as well as gay influence), unless it is conveyed by visible appurtenances of costume and narrative setting?
    • Once position, status, titles and the appurtenances of office (like formal dress) sustained an external authority.
    Synonyms
    accessories, trappings, appendages, accoutrements, extras, additions, adjuncts, conveniences, incidentals
    equipment, paraphernalia, impedimenta, belongings, bits and pieces
    informal things, stuff

Origin

Middle English: from Old French apertenance, based on late Latin appertinere 'belong to' (see appertain).

Rhymes

impertinence, pertinence
 
 

Definition of appurtenance in US English:

appurtenance

nounəˈpərt(ə)nənsəˈpərt(ə)nəns
usually appurtenances
  • An accessory or other item associated with a particular activity or style of living.

    all the appurtenances of luxurious travel
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Moreover, in England and elsewhere, Anglicans more than others in the West have maintained the appurtenances of catholicity in liturgy, ceremony, nomenclature, and ecclesial structures.
    • I don't simply mean that the obvious appurtenances of American life - fast food, SUVs, baseball, whatever - are absent, though they are.
    • But he discovered books in college, and in adulthood his house was filled with the appurtenances of a man of science: technical papers, instruments, tanks filled with fish and reptiles.
    • Subsequent awards of the specific badge can be recognized with appropriate appurtenances.
    • The wall folds around necessary culinary appurtenances and exposes the kitchen to the rest of the living spaces.
    • Witchcraft, in seventeenth century Scotland, was not an organised professions with certification authorities, Worst Practice committees and the other appurtenances of the modern caring professions.
    • Once position, status, titles and the appurtenances of office (like formal dress) sustained an external authority.
    • He's purchased a pleasant, tastefully appointed house on Royal Avenue, Chelsea, and fixed it up with all the appurtenances proper to a gentleman of his station.
    • That is, how do audiences ‘see’ or comprehend oriental influence (as well as gay influence), unless it is conveyed by visible appurtenances of costume and narrative setting?
    • Or was it not possible that over the years I had acquired an understanding that the presence of a few bourgeois appurtenances in the backcountry wouldn't cause the planets to alter their orbits?
    • As a result, low-rise buildings constructed during the early 20th century suffer from the rusting of decorative elements and appurtenances, although they have no metal frames.
    • And that in turn justifies the gender quotas, government set-asides, and all the other appurtenances of a feminist society.
    • In each case first-class and third-class products would produce the same end result, but would differ in their appurtenances and would appeal to distinct markets.
    • Is it for our feisty presence on the international economic scene, tempered by the inclusive appurtenances of our social safety net?
    • It is the minimum amount necessary (in whatever relevant dimension) for the use of the property, ‘enough of it so as to include necessary appurtenances.’
    • Switches, turntables, engine houses, station houses, platforms, and all the appurtenances of a railway system are built of the very best material and in a very substantial manner.
    • For those of us not equipped with brass appurtenances, reducing investment risk is often a goal.
    • He still spoke softly, and with a shy sincerity, but he seemed more at ease now with the appurtenances of modern technology: with the mike, and with slides and a slide projector besides.
    • Dismantlement of settlements, forced transfers of population and other usual appurtenances of establishing nation-states in ethnically heterogeneous areas would likely ensue.
    • Of course that's about to change, because I went shopping yesterday for household appurtenances.
    Synonyms
    accessories, trappings, appendages, accoutrements, extras, additions, adjuncts, conveniences, incidentals

Origin

Middle English: from Old French apertenance, based on late Latin appertinere ‘belong to’ (see appertain).

 
 
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