ancillary

英語

詞源

源自拉丁語 ancillāris (「附屬的；與女僕有關的」)，源自ancilla (「女僕」)。

發音

• 國際音標^(幫助)：/ˈænsəˌleɹiː/

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• 韻部：-ɪləɹi

形容詞

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

1. 輔助的，附屬的，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」, 出自 Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI，頁號 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）

名詞

ancillary (複數 ancillaries)

1. 附屬物
2. (古舊) 僕人，侍從

參考資料

• 「ancillary」, Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, OCLC 800618302
• 「ancillary」, The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, OCLC 867766587
• OneLook 在線詞典 上有關 ancillary 的釋義

異序詞

• Carlylian, cranially