| 单词 | extrinsic |
| 释义 | extrinsic (once / 15390 pages) adj Extrinsic means not connected to the essential nature of something. New cleats are extrinsic to making the soccer team. How you play is what gets you on the team, whether your cleats are old or new. If the ex in extrinsic makes you think of external or extra you’re on the right track––all these ex words are talking about something that is outside, or above and beyond. You often hear extrinsic paired with its opposite, intrinsic, which means part of something or someone's essential nature. If being sweet-tempered is intrinsic to your personality, you might not even know how to get mad. WORD FAMILYextrinsic: extrinsically USAGE EXAMPLESHe is the fetishisation of wealth, power and image in a nation where extrinsic values are championed throughout public discourse. The Guardian(Oct 26, 2016) “One of the downfalls of extrinsic motivation is that you just have to keep upping the ante to get the same result,” she said. New York Times(Jul 23, 2016) She arrives at a framework of four possible versions of 'stemness': two intrinsic, two extrinsic. Nature(Jun 07, 2016) adj not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside extrinsic evidence an extrinsic feature of the new building that style is something extrinsic to the subject looking for extrinsic aid Syn|Ant inessential, unessential not basic or fundamental adventitiousassociated by chance and not an integral part adscititiousadded or derived from something outside; not inherent alien, foreignnot contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something external, extraneous, outsidecoming from the outside extraneousnot essential intrinsic, intrinsical belonging to a thing by its very nature inalienable, unalienableincapable of being repudiated or transferred to another essentialbasic and fundamental built-in, constitutional, inbuilt, inherent, integralexisting as an essential constituent or characteristic inner, internal, intimateinnermost or essential |
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