- 1切題的；中肯的（台灣很常用「中肯」來說評語或提問剛剛好點到重點；不只是「有關」）
A pertinent question, comment, or fact is one that directly relates to what is being considered. It is not merely in the same wide area; it is to the point. You can say a lot of true things in a meeting that are still not pertinent, because they do not help the question on the table. The word is a little formal. In everyday talk, relevant is the common choice, though actually pertinent often feels tighter: relevant can mean “connected somehow,” while a pertinent remark is the one that lands on the exact matter. You will hear it from teachers, in essays, and in careful discussion. Younger speakers in casual chat rarely use it; they say that’s a good point, or that’s not what we’re talking about.
From the word’s history
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French pertinent and Latin pertinēns.
借自古法文 pertinent 和拉丁文 pertinēns。
組成Inherited from Middle English pertinent, borrowed from Old French pertinent and from Latin pertinēns, pertinentem (holding to, relating to). From pertinent + the idea of belonging to the matter.
同家族的字
- pertinencethe noun: how far something belongs to the matter
- pertinentlythe adverb
- pertainsame Latin family: to pertain to something is to relate to it
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
pertinentnoun/ˈpəːtɪnənt/
- 1
lawA right that attaches to land, in Scots law.
pertinentadj/ˈpəːtɪnənt/
- 1
Important with regard to (a subject or matter); pertaining; relevant.
- Fourthly, I have made an effort to call the attention of the reader to the pertinent literature.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。