germane
英[d???'me?n]
美[d??'men]
- adj. 有密切關(guān)系的；貼切的；恰當(dāng)?shù)?/li>
- n. (Germane)人名；(英)杰曼
中文詞源
germane 貼切的
來自拉丁語germen, 來自詞根gen, 生育，詞源同generate. 即同種類的，貼切的。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. remarks that are germane to the discussion
- 與這次討論密切相關(guān)的談話
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 2. He asks questions that are germane and central to the issue.
- 他問了一些與論點(diǎn)有密切關(guān)系的重要問題.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. The fact is not germane to this issue.
- 此事實(shí)興此問題無密切關(guān)系.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Fenton was a good listener, and his questions were germane.
- 芬頓聽得聚精會(huì)神，提問也切中要害。
來自辭典例句
- 5. He asks questions that are Germane and central to the issue.
- 他問了一些和此問題密切相關(guān)的重要問題.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)