Relevant

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adj.相关的
［类］ relevant : crucial / perceptible : obvious ( 程度: 相关的 -> 关键的 / 可察觉的 -> 明显的) 反义词: immaterial ( 不相关的) ; extraneous ( 无关的)
［记］ re ( 重新) +lev ( 轻, 举起) +ant -> 重新举起来 -> 相关的

adjective

Etymology: Medieval Latin relevant-, relevans, from Latin, present participle of relevare to raise up — more at relieve
Date: 1560
1.
- a. having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand
- b. affording evidence tending to prove or disprove the matter at issue or under discussion <relevant testimony>
- c. having social relevance
2. proportional, relative
? relevantly adverb
Synonyms:
- relevant, germane, material, pertinent, apposite, applicable, apropos mean relating to or bearing upon the matter in hand. relevant implies a traceable, significant, logical connection <found material relevant to her case>. germane may additionally imply a fitness for or appropriateness to the situation or occasion<a point not germane to the discussion>. material implies so close a relationship that it cannot be dispensed with without serious alteration of the case<facts material to the investigation>. pertinent stresses a clear and decisive relevance<a pertinent observation>. apposite suggests a felicitous relevance<add an apposite quotation to the definition>. applicable suggests the fitness of bringing a general rule or principle to bear upon a particular case<the rule is not applicable in this case>. apropos suggests being both relevant and opportune<the quip was apropos>.