Relevance is how much something actually belongs to the matter in front of you. If a fact, a question, or a story has relevance, it is not only interesting — it touches what people are talking about or trying to decide. Teachers, judges, and people in meetings ask about the relevance of a point, meaning “does this help with the real question?” A thing can be true and still have little relevance.

Relevance is how much something actually belongs to the matter in front of yourelevance指的是一件事到底跟你眼前這件事有多大關係。If a fact, a question, or a story has relevance如果一個事實、一個問題或一個故事有relevance, it is not only interesting那就不只是有趣而已 — it touches what people are talking about or trying to decide它碰到了大家正在討論或正在決定的事。Teachers, judges, and people in meetings ask about the relevance of a point老師、法官和開會的人會問一個論點的relevance, meaning “does this help with the real question?”意思是「這對真正的問題有幫助嗎？」A thing can be true and still have little relevance一件事可以是真的，卻幾乎沒有relevance。

In easy talk you more often hear that doesn’t matter here or that’s not related. Though actually, people also stretch the word: they say a class has no relevance to real life, meaning it does not feel useful, not that it fails a logic test.

In easy talk在比較輕鬆的口語裡 you more often hear你比較常聽到的是 that doesn't matter here或 that's not related這裡不重要，或這跟這件事無關。Though actually不過事實上, people also stretch the word人們也會把這個字用得更寬：they say a class has no relevance to real life他們會說一堂課對現實生活沒有relevance, meaning it does not feel useful意思是這感覺不實用, not that it fails a logic test而不是說它不符合邏輯測試。

So the tidy school meaning is “linked to this subject,” and the looser everyday meaning is “useful or worth bringing up.”

So the tidy school meaning is所以學術上乾淨俐落的意思是 “linked to this subject,”「跟這個主題有關」, and the looser everyday meaning is而比較鬆散的日常意思是 “useful or worth bringing up.”「有用，或值得提出來」。