ex·og·e·nous
adjective/ekˈsɒdʒənəs/
/ekˈsɑːdʒənəs/
- (formal) having a cause that is outside itself
外源性的 - Technology is usually seen as an exogenous factor, determined by developments outside the country concerned.
技术通常被视为外生因素,由相关国家以外的发展决定。 - exogenous to something These children also have severe problems which are exogenous to the educational system.
这些儿童还存在教育系统外生的严重问题。
- Technology is usually seen as an exogenous factor, determined by developments outside the country concerned.
- (medical) (of a disease or symptom) having a cause that is outside the body
compare endogenous外源性的
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from modern Latin exogena (denoting an exogenous plant, suggested by classical Latin indigena ‘native’) + -ous.