| 单词 | pertinent |
| 释义 | pertinent (once / 565 pages) adj Something pertinent is relevant and on-point. If you give your best friend pertinent advice, that means the advice is appropriate for the situation. Something pertinent is related to the current topic or situation — and probably helpful too. If you're in math class and you make a comment about World War I, that's likely not pertinent. If you're in music class and you talk about a cello, that probably is pertinent. Pertinent things are appropriate and logical. In most situations, people like to get comments and questions that are pertinent — anything else can just seem like a distraction. WORD FAMILYpertinent: impertinent, pertinently+/impertinence: impertinences/impertinent: impertinence, impertinently/pertain: pertained, pertaining, pertains, pertinence, pertinency, pertinent/pertinence: pertinences USAGE EXAMPLESAnother executive producer, the one most pertinent to this story, is Donald Trump. Salon(Jan 01, 2017) He agrees it’s pertinent to his own life. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) In his campaign against this food additive, Taubes sifts through centuries’ worth of data pertinent to the subject. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1adj being of striking appropriateness and pertinence Syn apposite, apt apropos of an appropriate or pertinent nature 2adj having precise or logical relevance to the matter at hand a list of articles pertinent to the discussion Syn relevant having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue |
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