irrelevance
/ɪˈreləvəns/ (bre, ipa) · /ɪˈreləvəns/ (ame, ipa) · /i-ˈre-lə-vən(t)s/ (ame, mw)
irrelevance — 名詞
- irrelevancesingular
- irrelevancesplural
1. the state of having no useful connection to the matter people are dealing with,
無關
與眼前事情沒有關係且不重要
the state of having no useful connection to the matter people are dealing with, or a detail dismissed because it does not affect that matter
The lawyer highlighted the irrelevance of the old parking ticket to the fraud case.
律師強調，那張舊停車罰單與這起詐欺案完全無關。
the irrelevance of [something] to [something]
Maja noted the irrelevance of the weather chart during the budget meeting.
Maja 注意到，那張天氣圖表在預算會議上完全不相干。
The teacher pointed out the irrelevance of shoe colour in the science contest.
老師指出，在科學競賽裡，鞋子的顏色根本無關緊要。
Once Omar mentioned celebrity gossip, the committee saw the speech's irrelevance to the housing plan.
Omar 一提起名人八卦，委員會就看出那場發言和住宅計畫無關。
The judge treated the broken coffee machine as an irrelevance in the landlord dispute.
法官把那台壞掉的咖啡機視為與房東糾紛無關的事。
- unimportance
plainer and broader; something can be unimportant without being off-topic
- insignificance
often stresses small effect or low value rather than lack of connection
- immateriality
more formal, especially when a fact makes no difference to a decision
- relevance
the state of clearly connecting to and mattering for the issue being discussed
文法句型
the irrelevance of [something] to [something]
treat [something] as an irrelevance in [context]
用法筆記
Most often uncountable in formal discussion, especially in patterns like 'the irrelevance of X to Y'. The countable use names a specific point that people decide can be ignored.