单词 | relevant |
释义 | relevant (once / 398 pages) adj Something is relevant if it's appropriate or connected to the matter at hand. Relevant things are helpful and on point. Relevant things are appropriate and make sense at that particular time. In the middle of history class, your teacher loves to get relevant questions: questions that have to do with the material. The teacher won't be thrilled to get a question about math: that's not relevant. You can also say a song or movie is relevant if it's connected to current events or issues people are talking about. When something is relevant, it just fits what is happening. WORD FAMILYrelevant: irrelevant, relevance, relevancy, relevantly+/irrelevance: irrelevances/irrelevancy: irrelevancies/irrelevant: irrelevance, irrelevancy, irrelevantly/relevancy: relevancies USAGE EXAMPLESThe final part of the season is about positioning and staying relevant, but the Knicks must not falter before then. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Such efforts, said Mr. Murphy, the system’s chief executive, will remain “highly relevant” even if the Affordable Care Act is repealed. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) This is where the repatriation plan passed by Bush — which reduced the top corporate tax rate to 5 percent instead of 10 percent — becomes relevant. Salon(Jan 01, 2017) adj having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue the scientist corresponds with colleagues in order to learn about matters relevant to her own research Syn|Ant applicable capable of being applied; having relevance germanerelevant and appropriate pertinenthaving precise or logical relevance to the matter at hand irrelevant having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue digressive, tangentialof superficial relevance if any extraneous, immaterial, impertinent, orthogonalnot pertinent to the matter under consideration inapplicable, unsuitablenot capable of being applied mootof no legal significance (as having been previously decided) |
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