| 单词 | irrelevant |
| 释义 | irrelevant —irrelevantly, adv. /i rel"euh veuhnt/, adj. 1. not relevant; not applicable or pertinent: His lectures often stray to interesting but irrelevant subjects. 2. Law. (of evidence) having no probative value upon any issue in the case. [1780-90] Pronunciation. The pronunciation of IRRELEVANT /i rel"euh veuhnt/, as /i rev"euh leuhnt/, as if spelled irrevelant, is the result of metathesis, the transposition of two sounds, in this case, the /l/ and the /v/. RELEVANT, the base word, is occasionally subject to the same process. Analogy with words like prevalent and equivalent may play a role. A similar reordering of the /l/ and /v/ consonant sounds, althought not a strict one-to-one metathesis, can be heard for CALVARY /kal"veuh ree/ when pronounced /kav"euhl ree/. Here the transposition is reinforced by the existence of the familiar word cavalry. |
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