| 释义 |
Adjective: extraneous ik'streyneeus- Not pertinent to the matter under consideration
"an issue extraneous to the debate"
- immaterial, impertinent, orthogonal - Not essential
"the ballet struck me as extraneous and somewhat out of keeping with the rest of the play" - Not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source
"water free of extraneous matter"
- foreign - Coming from the outside
"extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph"; "relying upon an extraneous income"
- external, outside
See also: adulterant, adulterating, beside the point, extraneousness, extrinsic, irrelevant |