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germane

/jer-meyn/US // dʒərˈmeɪn //UK // (dʒɜːˈmeɪn) //

有意义的,有道理的,恰当的,有意义

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : closely or significantly related; relevant; pertinent: Please keep your statements germane to the issue.
    • : Obsolete. closely related.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.appropriate

Examples

  • So perhaps the show’s most germane aspect is not the towering scale of its largest pieces, but its collaboration of techniques.

  • Germane and relevant in their way, but wielding a different methodology.

  • The captions have that jarring omniscient-narrator tone germane to tabloids.

  • But he already repulses me for other reasons that are far more germane to the presidency.

  • Certain to avoid talking politics in front of the hypersensitive cameras, Boehner opted for the more germane.

  • That means his character and beliefs are more germane to her candidacy than those of other political spouses.

  • The subject assigned me is incidental rather than germane to the work of this Congress.

  • The series of resolutions, as introduced by the honorable Senator from Mississippi, are germane one to the other.

  • Thou Germane prince of plants, each year to thee,Thousands of subjects grant a subsidy.

  • One is not the incident of the other, nor in any respect germane to the other.

  • This is a digression, but very germane to the matter in hand.