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单词 extrinsic
释义 ex·trin·sic
\(ˈ)ek|strinz]ik, ikˈs-, -n(t)s], ]ēk\ adjective
Etymology: French & Late Latin; French extrinsèque, from Late Latin extrinsecus, from Latin, adverb, from without, on the outside, from (assumed) Latin extrim (from Latin exter, exterus outward, on the outside) + Latin -secus (from sequi to follow) — more at exterior, sue
1.
 a. : lying outside : not forming part of or belonging properly to : not contained in or occurring in : extraneous
  < extrinsic to native capacities >
 b.
  (1) : arising outside : originating or operating from or on the outside
   < looking for extrinsic aid >
   < disdaining extrinsic pressure groups >
  specifically : originating outside a part and acting upon the part as a whole
   < the extrinsic muscles of the tongue >
  (2) : derived from an external source : not inherent : not essential : accessory, adventitious
   < extrinsic evidence >
   : accidental, contingent
2. : of or relating to the outside of : outer, outward, external
 < an extrinsic feature of the new building >
Synonyms:
 extraneous, foreign, alien: extrinsic applies to what is definitely not contained in something else, especially not contained in or derived from its essential nature
  < that style is something extrinsic to the subject, a kind of ornamentation laid on to tickle the taste — A.T.Quiller-Couch >
  < the special quality of such presuppositions is that they are inherent and not extrinsic — Walter Moberly >
  extraneous applies to what is exterior or unrelated but may be interjected with or interpreted as part of an intrinsic essence
  < simony was no extraneous stain to be washed off from the body ecclesiastic, but rather an element of its actual constitution — H.O.Taylor >
  < it is simply a close rendering of the Latin text, and it contains little, if any, extraneous matter of the kind which in other works illustrates the character of Alfred's thought — F.M.Stenton >
  < no extraneous beauty or vigor was ingrafted on the decaying stock — T.B.Macaulay >
  foreign applies to what is exterior, notably different, or unlikely to be assimilated with or to become part of
  < the mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper — W.C.Brownell >
  < executive inaction in such a situation, courting national disaster, is foreign to the concept of energy and initiative in the executive as created by the founding fathers — Current History >
  alien may be stronger than foreign in suggesting opposition, incompatibility, repugnance, or irreconcilability
  < an emotional quality totally alien to the austerity of the rest of the sermon >
  < though such frankness would, in the past, have been wholly alien to her nature, she now began to tell him of her experience — Francis King >
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