germane

英 [d???'me?n] 美[d??'men]

GRE暢通詞匯

germane 貼切的

來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)germen, 來(lái)自詞根gen, 生育，詞源同generate. 即同種類的，貼切的。

germane: germane: [19] Germane is an alteration of german ‘closely related’ [14], which now survives only in the rather archaic expression cousin-german. This came via Old French germain from Latin germānus, which meant ‘of the same race’ (it was a derivative of germen ‘sprout, offspring’, from which English gets germ). The use of germane for ‘relevant’ as opposed to simply ‘related’ seems to have been inspired by Hamlet’s comment that a remark of Osric’s would have been ‘more german to the matter, if we could carry cannon by our sides’. (The nationality term German [16], incidentally, is probably of Celtic origin, and has no etymological connection with germane.)
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germane (adj.): mid-14c., "having the same parents," same as german (adj.) but directly from Latin germanus instead of via French (compare urbane/urban). Main modern sense of "closely connected, relevant" (c. 1600) derives from use in "Hamlet" Act V, Scene ii: "The phrase would bee more Germaine to the matter: If we could carry Cannon by our sides," which is a figurative use of the word in the now-obsolete loosened sense of "closely related, akin" (late 15c.) in reference to things, not persons.

2. He asks questions that are germane and central to the issue.: 他問(wèn)了一些與論點(diǎn)有密切關(guān)系的重要問(wèn)題.

3. The fact is not germane to this issue.: 此事實(shí)興此問(wèn)題無(wú)密切關(guān)系.

4. Fenton was a good listener, and his questions were germane.: 芬頓聽(tīng)得聚精會(huì)神，提問(wèn)也切中要害。

5. He asks questions that are Germane and central to the issue.: 他問(wèn)了一些和此問(wèn)題密切相關(guān)的重要問(wèn)題.