| 单词 | salient |
| 释义 | salient (once / 2023 pages) adjn If something stands out in a very obvious way, it can be called salient. It's time to find new friends if the differences between you and your current friends are becoming more and more salient. Salient, from the Latin verb salire "to leap," was originally used in English to refer to leaping animals such as a frog or deer and may still be used this way. Often, however, it is used in math or geography to mean protruding. A salient angle juts outward rather than inward. Figuratively, it means noticeable or prominent. When giving an argument, make your most salient points at the beginning or the end. WORD FAMILYsalient: salience, saliency, saliently, salients+/salience: saliences/saliency: saliencies USAGE EXAMPLESIJ’s Robert Everett Johnson notes that this senator missed a few salient points: In civil forfeiture there usually is no proper “judicial process.” Washington Post(Dec 23, 2016) Email the contractor — mentioning specific dates, materials to be used, when items are being installed, details of salient conversations, etc., says Lowell. Seattle Times(Dec 08, 2016) This would increase their expenses of having to deal with more regulation, more red tape, and it’s a fairly salient argument they have. Los Angeles Times(Dec 01, 2016) 1adj having a quality that thrusts itself into attention salient traits Syn outstanding, prominent, spectacular, striking conspicuous obvious to the eye or mind 2adj (of angles) pointing outward at an angle of less than 180 degrees Ant re-entrant, reentrant (of angles) pointing inward 3adj represented as leaping (rampant but leaning forward) Syn inclined at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position 4n (military) the part of the line of battle that projects closest to the enemy Hyper projection any solid convex shape that juts out from something |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含147318条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。