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单词 pertinent
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Definition of pertinent in English:

pertinent

adjective ˈpəːtɪnəntˈpərtnənt
  • Relevant or applicable to a particular matter; apposite.

    切题的,相关的;中肯的,贴切的

    she asked me a lot of very pertinent questions

    她问了我许多紧密相关的问题。

    practitioners must consider all factors pertinent to a situation

    开业者必须考虑与某一情况相关的所有因素。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I happen to think his remarks highly pertinent, which is why I have reproduced them here.
    • In fact, it is a challenge more pertinent to Britain than anywhere else.
    • Yes, victory here would be a pertinent win for the British golden girl.
    • The study, so pertinent in its timing, demonstrates that asylum seekers are also victims.
    • They should be giving him much more pertinent advice as to what he should and shouldn't say.
    • The second issue may be particularly pertinent to sensitive topics but has a wider applicability.
    • A useful and more pertinent account of the pictures themselves is handed out on admission to the exhibition.
    • Yet it's the kind of question that really is pertinent in all the circumstances.
    • The accused's attention will no doubt be drawn to any relevant and pertinent questions asked at interview.
    • There is one more thing I want to say, about a matter that is pertinent to that.
    • It also raises a number of critical questions that are pertinent to five key areas of business.
    • For those who yearn for a more gentler age, it is a perfect destination; a pertinent reminder of how life used to be.
    • I don't know if it was a publicity thing, but he does raise some pertinent issues.
    • There are also some implications pertinent to both researchers and professionals.
    • At the time, it was a triumphant, pertinent, poetic and amusing choice to all of them.
    • There are many pertinent quotes in the article, but you really need to read it in its entirety.
    • It is pertinent that all parties involved in the peace process remain engaged.
    • That, I'll concede, makes it at least slightly pertinent to the subject matter.
    • That leads me to another point in the fight against crime that is very pertinent to the discussion.
    • We have tried to study all the pertinent factors that have a direct or indirect bearing on such costs.
    Synonyms
    relevant, to the point, apposite, appropriate, suitable, fitting, fit, apt, applicable, material, germane, to the purpose, apropos
    Latin ad rem
    rare appurtenant

Derivatives

  • pertinence

  • noun ˈpəːtɪnənsˈpərtnəns
    • For musicians, there is now a sense of relevance and pertinence to their voice that has been vacant for nearly thirty years.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This message has particular pertinence for South Africa right now.
      • This concern reflects the pertinence of these issues to student life.
      • Yet, my belief remained firm and incontestable about the pertinence of the idiom ‘Honesty is the best policy’.
      • They might have held some pertinence had the mood of the town been more powerfully evoked.
  • pertinency

  • noun
    • This itself should silence sceptics about Gandhi's pertinency.
  • pertinently

  • adverb ˈpəːtɪnəntliˈpərtnəntli
    • More pertinently, however, was the fact that the possibility of a union between the associations north and south never reached the discussion stage.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • More pertinently, it denied Dublin a series of point-scoring opportunities which was inexcusable when the margin between them was minimal.
      • Or - perhaps more pertinently - was it in fact as discomforting as it sought to be?
      • More pertinently, the respective performances suggest that neither side can be too confident going into the championship in a month's time.
      • More pertinently, tomorrow afternoon our bathroom will be hosting that guy.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin pertinent- 'having reference to', from the verb pertinere (see pertain).

Rhymes

appurtenant, impertinent

Definition of pertinent in US English:

pertinent

adjectiveˈpərtnəntˈpərtnənt
  • Relevant or applicable to a particular matter; apposite.

    切题的,相关的;中肯的,贴切的

    she asked me a lot of very pertinent questions

    她问了我许多紧密相关的问题。

    the unreleased section of tape was not pertinent to the investigation
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Yes, victory here would be a pertinent win for the British golden girl.
    • The study, so pertinent in its timing, demonstrates that asylum seekers are also victims.
    • There are many pertinent quotes in the article, but you really need to read it in its entirety.
    • The second issue may be particularly pertinent to sensitive topics but has a wider applicability.
    • That, I'll concede, makes it at least slightly pertinent to the subject matter.
    • It is pertinent that all parties involved in the peace process remain engaged.
    • At the time, it was a triumphant, pertinent, poetic and amusing choice to all of them.
    • For those who yearn for a more gentler age, it is a perfect destination; a pertinent reminder of how life used to be.
    • A useful and more pertinent account of the pictures themselves is handed out on admission to the exhibition.
    • I happen to think his remarks highly pertinent, which is why I have reproduced them here.
    • We have tried to study all the pertinent factors that have a direct or indirect bearing on such costs.
    • There are also some implications pertinent to both researchers and professionals.
    • Yet it's the kind of question that really is pertinent in all the circumstances.
    • They should be giving him much more pertinent advice as to what he should and shouldn't say.
    • That leads me to another point in the fight against crime that is very pertinent to the discussion.
    • I don't know if it was a publicity thing, but he does raise some pertinent issues.
    • It also raises a number of critical questions that are pertinent to five key areas of business.
    • The accused's attention will no doubt be drawn to any relevant and pertinent questions asked at interview.
    • In fact, it is a challenge more pertinent to Britain than anywhere else.
    • There is one more thing I want to say, about a matter that is pertinent to that.
    Synonyms
    relevant, to the point, apposite, appropriate, suitable, fitting, fit, apt, applicable, material, germane, to the purpose, apropos

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French, or from Latin pertinent- ‘having reference to’, from the verb pertinere (see pertain).

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