extraneous
英[ɪk'streɪnɪəs;ek-]
美[ɪk'strenɪəs]
- adj. 外来的；没有关联的；来自体外的
英英释意
- 1. not pertinent to the matter under consideration;
- "an issue extraneous to the debate"
- "the price was immaterial"
- "mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point"
- 2. not essential;
- "the ballet struck me as extraneous and somewhat out of keeping with the rest of the play"
- 3. not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source;
- "water free of extraneous matter"
- "foreign particles in milk"
- 4. coming from the outside;
- "extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph"
- "relying upon an extraneous income"
- "disdaining outside pressure groups"