intrinsic

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反義詞

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副詞:?intrinsically;

intrinsic 固有的，內(nèi)在的

intrin-,內(nèi)在的，來(lái)自internal,-sic,沿著的，詞源同sequel,sequence.引申詞義固有的，內(nèi)在的。

intrinsic: intrinsic: [15] The Latin adverb intrinsecus meant ‘on the inside’. It was formed from *intrim ‘inward’, an unrecorded derivative of the adverb intrā ‘within’, and secus ‘a(chǎn)longside’ (a relative of English second, sect, sequel, etc). In the post-classical period it came to be used as an adjective, meaning ‘inward’, and it passed into Old French as intrinseque ‘inner, internal’.

This general concrete sense accompanied the word into English, but it now survives only as an anatomical term, meaning ‘situated within a body part’. The abstract sense ‘inherent’, now the adjective’s main meaning, developed in the 17th century. The derivation of the antonym extrinsic [16] is precisely parallel, with Latin extrā ‘outside’ taking the place of intrā.
=> extrinsic, second, sect, sequel
intrinsic (adj.): late 15c., "interior, inward, internal," from Middle French intrinsèque "inner" (13c.), from Medieval Latin intrinsecus "interior, internal," from Latin intrinsecus (adv.) "inwardly, on the inside," from intra "within" (see intra-) + secus "alongside," originally "following" (related to sequi "to follow;" see sequel). Meaning "belonging to the nature of a thing" is from 1640s. Related: Intrinsicly.

4. The brooch has little intrinsic value.: 這枚胸針沒(méi)有一點(diǎn)實(shí)質(zhì)的價(jià)值.

5. The rate is determined by intrinsic qualities such as the land's slope.: 速度由諸如地面坡度這樣的內(nèi)在因素決定。