| 单词 | relevance |
| 释义 | relevance (once / 7933 pages) n To know the relevance of something is to know why it matters or how it is important. I don't understand the relevance of this discussion: it doesn't seem important to me. If you don't understand the relevance of the word "relevant" to the discussion of the meaning of the word relevance, we're gonna have some trouble. When something is "relevant," it matters. Its relevance is clear. Relevance is simply the noun form of the adjective "relevant," which means "important to the matter at hand." Artists and politicians are always worried about their relevance. If they are no longer relevant, they may not keep their job. Someone without relevance might be called "irrelevant." WORD FAMILYrelevant: irrelevant, relevance, relevancy, relevantly+/irrelevance: irrelevances/irrelevancy: irrelevancies/irrelevant: irrelevance, irrelevancy, irrelevantly/relevancy: relevancies USAGE EXAMPLESBut after resounding defeat in elections early this year, the KMT struggles for relevance on an island that is proud of its separateness from China. Economist(Nov 03, 2016) The film gathers moving eyewitness accounts of the work’s relevance to modern-day struggles around the globe. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) Hamilton’s letters from 216 winters ago, which I re-read this week, provide much relevance to this moment, as our 45th president assumes office. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) n the relation of something to the matter at hand Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper relevancy irrelevance, irrelevancy the lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand materiality relevance requiring careful consideration cogencypersuasive relevance pointa style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect applicability, pertinence, pertinencyrelevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand germanenesspertinence by virtue of a close relation to the matter at hand connectedness, connection, connexion a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it) |
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