extrinsic
/ekˈstrɪnsɪk/adjective
1- not part of the essential nature of someone or something; coming or operating from outside非本质的; 非固有的; 外在的; 外来的:
a complex interplay of extrinsic and intrinsic factors
内外因素复杂的相互作用
reasons extrinsic to the music itself.
音乐自身以外的原因。
1.1
- (of a muscle, such as any of the eye muscles) having its origin some distance from the part which it moves(眼部肌肉等肌肉)外附。
派生词
extrinsically
adverb词源
mid 16th cent. (in the sense 'outward'): from late Latin extrinsecus 'outward', from Latin extrinsecus 'outwardly', based on exter 'outer'; the ending was altered under the influence of -IC.