1630s, from Latin extraneus "external, strange," literally "that is without, from without" (as a noun, "a stranger"), from extra "outside of" (see extra-). A doublet of strange. Related: Extraneously.
实用例句
1. We do not want any extraneous information on the page.
我们不希望这一页上有任何无关的信息。
来自《权威词典》
2. His account of the fire accident includes a lot of extraneous details.
他对失火事件的描述含有大量离题的细节.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. I can choose to ignore these extraneous thoughts or certainly choose not to act on them.
我可以选择无视这些无关的想法，当然也可以选择不按这些想法行事。
来自柯林斯例句
4. We ought not to bring in extraneous matters in trying to find a basis for a settlement.
我们努力寻求解决问题的基础时，不应该牵扯进无关的事情。
来自柯林斯例句
5. Several extraneous prefaces were cut out of the prayer book at the beginning of the eleventh century.
