topical
/ˈtɒpɪkəl/adjective
1
- (of a subject) of immediate relevance, interest, or importance owing to its relation to current events（主题）有关时事的, 时下关注的：
a popular topical affairs programme.
一栏受欢迎的时事节目。
1.1
- relating to a particular subject; classified according to subject专题的; 按专题分类的：
foreign or topical stamps.
外国或专题邮票。
2
- chiefly Medicine relating or applied directly to a part of the body【主医】（有关或直接用于）身体局部的。
派生词
topicality
nountopically
adverb词源
late 16th cent.: from Greek topikos + -AL. Early use was as a term in logic and rhetoric describing a rule or argument as 'applicable in most but not all cases'.