extrinsic

extrinsic
[ɪkˈstrɪnsɪk, ɛk-]
adjective
  1. not part of the essential nature of someone or something; coming or operating from outside
    非本质的;非固有的;外来的
    a complex interplay of extrinsic and intrinsic factors.
    内外因素复杂的相互影响。
    reasons extrinsic to the music itself.
    音乐本身以外的原因。
    ■(of a muscle, such as any of the eye muscles) having its origin some distance from the part which it moves
    (肌肉,如眼部肌肉)外源的;外部的
派生
extrinsically
adverb
语源
  1. mid 16th cent. (in the sense 'outward'): from late Latin extrinsecus 'outward', from Latin extrinsecus 'outwardly', based on exter 'outer'; the ending was altered under the influence of -ic
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