ancillary

英语

词源

源自拉丁語 ancillāris (“附属的；与女仆有关的”)，源自ancilla (“女仆”)。

发音

• 國際音標^(幫助): /ˈænsəˌleɹiː/

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• 韻部：-ɪləɹi

形容词

ancillary (比較級 more ancillary，最高級 most ancillary)

1. 辅助的，附属的，次要的

   近義詞：accessory

   • 1836, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature, Chapter 3:

     […] how easily he took all things along with him,—the persons, the opinions, and the day, and nature became ancillary to a man.

   • 1898, John Wesley Powell, Truth and Error, Chapter 7

     [E]very organ of the body, whatever function it may perform, must also perform the other four functions in an ancillary manner.

   • 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 4:

     The cafeteria is primarily used by students and staff (academic, administrative, and ancillary).

     （請為本引文添加中文翻譯）

名词

ancillary (複數 ancillaries)

1. 附属物
2. (古舊) 仆人，侍从

参考资料

• “ancillary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “ancillary”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• OneLook 在线词典 上有关 ancillary 的释义

异序词

• Carlylian, cranially