irrelevant ♦︎ immaterial ♦︎ extraneous ♦︎ beside the point ♦︎ inapplicableThese words all describe sth that is not important to or not connected with a situation.这些词均表示无关紧要的、不相关的。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆irrelevant / immaterial / extraneous / inapplicable to sth◆to be irrelevant / immaterial / beside the point whether...◆to be irrelevant / immaterial that...◆quite irrelevant / immaterial / beside the point■irrelevant ɪˈreləvənt not important to or not connected with a situation or subject无关紧要的;不相关的◆It's totally irrelevant whether I'm married or not.这跟我是否已婚完全不相干。◆Many people consider politics to be irrelevant to their lives.许多人认为政治与他们的生活不相干。◆Please keep all irrelevant remarks to yourself.请勿发表任何不相关的言论。OPPrelevant ⇨ relevant▸irrelevance
noun
[uncountable, countable, usually singular] ◆the irrelevance of the curriculum to children's daily life课程与孩子们日常生活的脱节◆His idea was rejected as an irrelevance.他的想法被认为离题而遭否定。■immaterial ˌɪməˈtɪəriəl; NAmEˌɪməˈtɪriəl [not usually before noun] (ratherformal) not important in a particular situation不重要;无关紧要◆The cost is immaterial.费用多少不是问题。◆It is immaterial to me whether he stays or goes.他的去留与我无关。OPPmaterial ⇨ relevant■extraneousɪkˈstreɪniəs (formal) not important to or not connected with a situation or subject无关紧要的;不相关的◆We do not want any extraneous information on the page.我们不希望这一页上有任何无关的信息。◆We shall ignore factors extraneous to the problem.我们应该撇开与此问题不相干的因素。NOTE辨析 Irrelevant, immaterial or extraneous?In a few cases you can use any of these words.在有些情况下这三个词可以通用◆factors irrelevant / immaterial / extraneous to the case与本案无关的因素However, extraneous is not usually used after a linking verb, unless it is followed by to.不过,除非后面接 to,extraneous通常不用在连系动词后◆The cost is irrelevant / immaterial.费用多少不是问题。◆The cost is extraneous.It is used especially to talk about factors, variables, considerations, information, material or matter which are/is not important or wanted in a particular context. Irrelevant and immaterial are both often used in the structure It is irrelevant/immaterial whether/that.... Immaterial is slightly stronger and can suggest a greater degree of impatience. Immaterial is not usually used before a noun. * extraneous尤用以描述factors、variables、considerations、information、material或matter,指在特定情况下不重要或不需要。irrelevant和immaterial均常用在It is irrelevant/immaterial whether/that ... 结构中。immaterial语义略强,意含更大程度的不耐烦。immaterial通常不用在名词前◆immaterial remarks/thoughts■beˌside the ˈpoint
idiom
(especiallyspoken) irrelevant不相关◆'He's been married before.' 'That's beside the point.'“他结过婚。”“那不重要。”OPPto the point ⇨ relevant■inapplicableˌɪnəˈplɪkəbl, ɪnˈæplɪkəbl [not before noun] (ratherformal, especiallywritten) that cannot be used, or that does not apply, in a particular situation不适用;不可应用◆These regulations are inapplicable to international students.这些规章不适用于国际学生。OPPapplicable ⇨ relevant
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