1 ADJ-GRADED 关系不大的;不直接相干的 If you describe something as tangential, you mean that it has only a slight or indirect connection with the thing you are concerned with, and is therefore not worth considering seriously. 关系不大的;不直接相干的 [formal]
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Too much time was spent discussing tangential issues.
太多的时间花在了讨论那些无关紧要的问题上。
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They thought the whole thing was a side-show, tangential to the real world of business.
他们认为整件事情只是一个插曲，和真正的商界没有多大关系。
2 ADJ 切线的;相切的 If something is tangential to something else, it is at a tangent to it. 切线的;相切的
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...point T, where the demand curve is tangential to the straight line L. [+ to]
需求曲线和直线 L 相切之点 T
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...the street tangential to the courthouse square.
和法院大楼广场相切的那条大街
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