extrinsic 的定义
- not essential or inherent; not a basic part or quality; extraneous: facts that are extrinsic to the matter under discussion.
- being outside a thing; outward or external; operating or coming from without: extrinsic influences.
- Anatomy. originating outside the anatomical limits of a part.
extrinsic 近义词
foreign
更多extrinsic例句
- Technology is no longer some huge extrinsic force that only reaches us in times of war, industrial upheaval, or nuclear paranoia.
- All seamlessly addressed—not as extrinsic concerns but as inevitable elements of the larger story.
- Here in a nutshell, we have an excellent illustration of two approaches of creative motivation—extrinsic and intrinsic.
- Extrinsic motivation is about external rewards—money, position, recognition.
- Those who rely more or less on claims extrinsic, are sure to be surpassed by those whose power is from within.
- Nay the highest ensign that men ever met and embraced under, the Cross itself, had no meaning save an accidental extrinsic one.
- By means of the extrinsic muscles the larynx is connected with the bones of the chest, neck, and head.
- In New York, the courts adhere to the English rule, and admit no extrinsic evidence, except to explain a latent ambiguity.
- Milton has an allusion to an eclipse of the Sun which possesses a two-fold interest—intrinsic and extrinsic.