| 词组 | pertinent |
| 释义 | pertinent Pertinent is usually used with to and a noun object: • This is a play that she would like to see revived as she feels it is very pertinent to the present —Current Biography, June 1964 • This balance of contrasted emotion is in the dramatic situation to which the speech is pertinent —T. S. Eliot, "Tradition and the Individual Talent," 1917, in American Harvest, ed. Allen Tate & John Peale Bishop, 1942 • ... the "digging up" of all facts and figures pertinent to the project —Axel Bruzelius, Area Development, July 1970 Sometimes pertinent is followed by to and an infinitive: • ... it is pertinent to take stock of the position and consider what it implies for the future —The Economist, 21 May 1953 Occasionally, pertinent has been followed by as regards, for, or in: • This is especially pertinent as regards corporations that operated at less than optimum —C. E. Ferguson, Southern Economic Jour., October 1952 • ... although pertinent for some points of view, is irrelevant to our purpose here —George B. Hurff, Social Aspects of Enterprise In the Large Corporation, 1950 • ... find a new instrument for the 1970s and '80s which will be more pertinent in achieving those still valid goals —Calvin H. Plimpton, Amherst College Bulletin, November 1968 |
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