Word · Frequency #18579
irrelevance
无关；不相关；无关紧要
核心释义
Lack of connection to the topic being discussed; lack of importance.
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与当前话题无关；不重要。
Lack of relationship with the topic at hand; lack of importance.
与当前话题无关；不重要。；不相关；离题；不相关的事物(言论)；[计] 不相关性；不恰当组合
用法In use
Before the exam, the tutor explained the irrelevance of last year's exam questions to our new syllabus.
用法提示：句中 irrelevance 为不可数名词，用于 the irrelevance of A to B 结构，表示 A 与当前话题无关。
Although he spoke for ten minutes, his comments were of complete irrelevance to the problem we had to solve.
用法提示：句中 irrelevance 为不可数名词，用在 be of irrelevance to 结构中，表示事情与主题无关、不重要。
The report was too long because it contained many irrelevances, so I removed them before sending it.
用法提示：句中 irrelevances 是名词的复数形式，指无关紧要的内容或细节。
the irrelevance of sth
表示某事物与当前话题无关的性质，常用于强调其不相关或无关紧要。
The irrelevance of the question became obvious.
这个问题的不相关性变得很明显。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- complete irrelevance
- 全然无关；完全不重要
- His comments were of complete irrelevance to the discussion.他的评论与讨论全然无关。
- fade into irrelevance
- 逐渐变得无关紧要
- Many old technologies have faded into irrelevance.许多旧技术已逐渐变得无关紧要。
- political irrelevance
- 政治上无足轻重；在政治上无关紧要
- After the defeat, the party faced political irrelevance.失败之后，该党面临在政治上无足轻重的境地。
- irrelevance to the topic
- 与主题无关
- The report's irrelevance to the topic wasted the committee's time.这份报告与主题无关，浪费了委员会的时间。
- relative irrelevance
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想：开会讨论预算时有人讲电影，这种无关话题就是 irrelevance（无关紧要）。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：学术论文、正式报告、新闻报道 irrelevance 多用于正式或书面语境，如学术论文、正式报告等；在日常口语中，更常说 not relevant 或 it doesn't matter。使用时可结合语境判断，通常不必刻意用这个词来替代更自然的表达。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
真正的押韵词：relevance（重读元音及之后部分相同）。注意拼写相似的 irreverence /ɪˈrɛvərəns/ 并不押韵；elegance、instance、absence 虽结尾同为 -ance，但重读元音不同，也不押韵。
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.