| 单词 | relevant |
| 释义 | rel·e·vant 1. < began work on the problem by reading all the relevant literature > < relevant testimony > 2. < the human concepts of one inch in length, and one second in time … are purely relevant to human life — A.N.Whitehead > 3. Scots law < relevant defense > Synonyms: < nor shall any amendment not germane or relevant to the subject matter contained in the bill be received — U.S. Code > < what the cartman is saying is relevant to his case — John Hersey > < had thoroughly familiarized himself with all the knowledge relevant to his new duties — Benjamin Farrington > germane is interchangeable with relevant but usually adds to it the idea of unquestionable closeness and fitness or appropriateness of relationship as in spirit, tone, or quality < almost every fact — religious, social, political, economic — was, somehow or other, germane to the war or the peace — Katharine F. Gerould > < the fierce aversions and the passionate cravings which are germane to the hermit life — H.O.Taylor > A thing is material when it has so close a relationship with a case in hand that it cannot be dispensed with without serious alteration of the case < the motion is supported by an affidavit showing that the evidence is material — B.F.Tucker > < information material to the solution of a problem > pertinent is interchangeable with relevant, although it often stresses a more decisive or significant relationship, characterizing what not only bears upon but also contributes materially to the understanding or solution as of a problem or matter in hand < had something pertinent to say about every horse that was brought out — Gerald Beaumont > < relatively few studies pertinent to the transplantation of lung tissue have been made — C.A.Hardin & C.F.Kittle > < deal in a specific kind of emotional conflict for pertinent dramatic ends — Irving Kolodin > apposite usually applies to what is relevant and germane to the point of felicitousness < apposite quotations from the classics came easily to his pen to grace the pellucid flow of his English — V.L.Parrington > < his sermons … are replete with apposite arguments and quotations from the Latin classics in support of the teachings of Christianity — G.C.Sellery > A thing is applicable when it can be brought to bear upon or be used fittingly in reference to a matter in hand < beauty in this broad sense is applicable to widely differing artistic achievements — C.W.H.Johnson > < this assumption is not applicable to many economic problems — Robert Dorfman > A thing is apropos when it is opportunely appropriate < once asked him, apropos of his liberal politics … what ideal of society he would approve — George Santayana > < she stays glued to her easel, creating futuristic pictures apropos of which the author observes, “She had a moderate talent for painting” — S.J.Perelman > |
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