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
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