tangential的意思是：adj.离题的；肤浅的；切线的；相切的。tangential副词:tangentially；异体字:tangental；名词:tangentiality。tangential的读音是英[t?n'd?en?l]；美[t?n'd?en?l]。
一、英英释义点此查看tangential的详细内容
"a digressive allusion to the day of the week"
"a tangential remark"
"tangential forces"
二、词典解释
1.关系不大的;不直接相干的
If you describe something astangential, 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.
tangential
e.g. Too much time was spent discussingtangential issues...
太多的时间花在了讨论那些无关紧要的问题上。
e.g. 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.切线的;相切的
If something istangential to something else, it is at a tangent to it.
e.g. ...point T, where the demand curve istangential to the straight line L.
需求曲线和直线 L 相切之点 T
e.g. ...the streettangential to the courthouse square.
和大楼广场相切的那条大街
三、例句
It is tangential to our main objective.
这与我们主要目的有偏离。
Too much time was spent discussing tangential issues.
太多时间花在讨论肤浅的问题上。
四、词汇搭配
五、经典引文
He played only a tangential role in all this.
出自：GuardianReporting..is seriously deficient in areas tangential to the main argument.
出自：Naturetangential的相关近义词
connected、peripheral、lateral、oblique、divergent、indirect、loose、vague、digressive
tangential的相关临近词
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