germane基本信息
读法：英 [dʒɜː"meɪn] 美 [dʒɝ"men]
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英英释义
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中英词源
germane 贴切的
来自拉丁语germen, 来自词根gen, 生育，词源同generate. 即同种类的，贴切的。
- germane
- germane: [19] Germane is an alteration of german ‘closely related’ [14], which now survives only in the rather archaic expression cousin-german. This came via Old French germain from Latin germānus, which meant ‘of the same race’ (it was a derivative of germen ‘sprout, offspring’, from which English gets germ). The use of germane for ‘relevant’ as opposed to simply ‘related’ seems to have been inspired by Hamlet’s comment that a remark of Osric’s would have been ‘more german to the matter, if we could carry cannon by our sides’. (The nationality term German [16], incidentally, is probably of Celtic origin, and has no etymological connection with germane.)
=> germ - germane (adj.)
- mid-14c., "having the same parents," same as german (adj.) but directly from Latin germanus instead of via French (compare urbane/urban). Main modern sense of "closely connected, relevant" (c. 1600) derives from use in "Hamlet" Act V, Scene ii: "The phrase would bee more Germaine to the matter: If we could carry Cannon by our sides," which is a figurative use of the word in the now-obsolete loosened sense of "closely related, akin" (late 15c.) in reference to things, not persons.
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权威造句
- 1. remarks that are germane to the discussion
- 与这次讨论密切相关的谈话
来自《权威词典》
- 2. He asks questions that are germane and central to the issue.
- 他问了一些与论点有密切关系的重要问题.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. The fact is not germane to this issue.
- 此事实兴此问题无密切关系.
来自《简明英汉词典》www.wentIyI.cOM
- 4. Fenton was a good listener, and his questions were germane.
- 芬顿听得聚精会神，提问也切中要害。
来自辞典例句
- 5. He asks questions that are Germane and central to the issue.
- 他问了一些和此问题密切相关的重要问题.
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