1. 1aB1/ɪˈreləvənt/不相關;不相干

    not connected with what you are talking about or doing, and so not useful or not important in that situation.

    示範例句 · Example

    We're focusing too much on irrelevant details in this report.

    逐字我們太專注於不相關的細節在這份報告裡。

    「irrelevant」講的是「跟眼前這件事對不上」——話題、任務或決定用不到它,所以這時候它不重要。常見句型是 irrelevant to + 名詞(irrelevant to the topic)。跟 relevant 成對:relevant 是「有關、用得上」,irrelevant 是「無關、用不上」。核心畫面可以想成「離題/對不上焦點」。

    常見搭配

    • irrelevant to something

      與…無關

      not connected with a subject or situation

      That story is irrelevant to our group project.

    • completely / totally irrelevant

      完全無關

      not connected at all; not important in any way here

      His shoe size is totally irrelevant to the quiz score.

    • largely irrelevant

      大致無關;多半不重要

      mostly not important for this situation

      For this game, the brand of the ball is largely irrelevant.

    • irrelevant details / questions

      無關的細節/問題

      facts or questions that do not belong to the main topic

      Try not to fill your essay with irrelevant details.

    • seem / become irrelevant

      顯得/變得無關緊要

      to look or turn out not useful anymore in a situation

      Old maps can become irrelevant when roads change.

    意思相近

    unrelatedunconnectedbeside the pointimmaterialoff-topic

    用法接近

    pointlessunimportantnothing to do with

core核心畫面

Picture drawing a circle around the question actually being discussed, and something sitting outside it. The thing may be true, and it may be interesting; it just does not connect to what is on the table, so it changes nothing here.

可以想成:把正在討論的那個問題圈起來,而某樣東西落在圈外。它可能是真的,也可能很有意思,只是接不上檯面上這件事——所以放在這裡,它什麼也改變不了。

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同家族的字

意思相近

unrelatedunconnectedbeside the pointimmaterialoff-topic

用法接近

pointlessunimportantnothing to do with

原始詞典資料4 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

irrelevantadj/ɪˈɹɛləvənt/

  • 1

    Not relevant, as

    • His comments were completely irrelevant to the discussion.
    • We need to focus on the main topic and ignore irrelevant details.
  • 2

    Not relevant, as:

  • 3

    Not relevant, as:

  • 4

    derogatoryslangNo longer famous or popular; washed up.

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