| 单词 | irrelevance |
| 释义 | irrelevance (once / 13133 pages) n Irrelevance represents what is NOT at all important to what’s going on right now. Anything that distracts you from this sentence is clearly an example of irrelevance. The Latin root word for irrelevance is relevare, which means “raising up.” The prefix ir- means “not,” therefore if a situation does not relate to or raise your interest, it’s irrelevant. In a courtroom, lawyers who lose sight of their case argue about irrelevances, and your sister speaks with irrelevance when she wakes you up to talk about rainbows. It’s always best to focus on important things, but irrelevance now and then won’t kill you. WORD FAMILYirrelevance: irrelevances+/irrelevancy: irrelevancies/irrelevant: irrelevance, irrelevancy, irrelevantly/relevancy: relevancies/relevant: irrelevant, relevance, relevancy, relevantly USAGE EXAMPLESSettlers, meanwhile, brush it off as an irrelevance. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) For the first time in four decades, the United States, the once dominant power in the region, is an irrelevance. Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016) Alabama’s stunning 20-19 victory was dubbed “The Game that Changed the South,” an event that launched the region’s football dominance after decades of irrelevance. Wall Street Journal(Dec 20, 2016) n the lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper irrelevancy relevance, relevancy the relation of something to the matter at hand inapplicability irrelevance by virtue of being inapplicable to the matter at hand immaterialitycomplete irrelevance requiring no further consideration unconnectedness the lack of a connection between things |
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