salient

"salient"是英語多義詞,源於拉丁語"salire"(意為跳躍),後引申為"突出特徵"的核心概念。作為形容詞時指"顯著的"或"突出的",作名詞時特指軍事防禦中的"凸角"或工程中的"凸出結構"。

該詞形容詞用法常強調事物的關鍵特徵,如"salient points"(要點)、"salient features"(顯著特徵),並構成工程術語"salient poles"(凸極)等專業表達;名詞用法多用於軍事領域描述防禦工事的戰略突出部,其地形特性易受多方向攻擊。隨著語言演變,其套用已擴展至經濟學、心理學及社會學,如在行為經濟學中描述"salient stimulation"(顯著刺激),或在影視分析中強化主題重複效果。

該詞早期多用於軍事與物理描述,17世紀後逐步融入通用語境。現代英語中既保留原有專業屬性(如電機工程的"凸極發電機"),又在跨學科場景中衍生出抽象語義,形成了兼具技術精確性與日常表達性的雙重特徵。

基本介紹

  • 外文名:salient
  • 讀音:[ˈseɪliənt]
單詞釋義,短語搭配,雙語例句,

單詞釋義

  1. The salient points or facts of a situation are the most importent ones.例句:This undermining influence of rewards is the overjustification effect - going overboard and explainingone's own behavior with too much emphasis on salient situational causes and not enough emphasis on personal causes.
  2. A salient is a narrow area where an army has pushed its front line forward into enemy territory.

短語搭配

短語
salient poles 凸極
salient pole machine 凸極電機 ; 顯極電機 ; 凸極式電機
salient pole generator [電] 凸極發電機 ; 隱極式發電機

雙語例句

In many cases, goals have economic rewards that make them more salient or powerful.
在很多情況下,目標有了經濟回報,會變得更加顯著或強大。
Economists label the problem "present bias": we are vulnerable to fast, salient stimulation.
經濟學家給這個問題貼上了“當前偏見”的標籤:我們很容易受到快速、顯著的刺激。
Before colonialism, gender was more salient in central Kenya than it was in Ghana, although age was still crucial in determining authority.
在殖民主義之前,性別在肯亞中部比在加納更為突出,儘管年齡仍然是決定權力的關鍵因素。
For example, a particular musical theme associated with an individual character or situation may be repeated at various points in a film in order to remind the audience of salient motifs or ideas.
例如,一個與個人性格或情況掛鈎的特定音樂主題,可能會在電影的幾個轉折點重複播放,以提醒觀眾電影所突出的主題或思想。
He summarized the salient points.
他對要點作了歸納。
《牛津詞典》
He read the salient facts quickly.
他迅速地閱讀了那些最重要的事實。
《柯林斯英漢雙解大詞典》
She pointed out the salient features of the new design.
她指出新設計的幾個顯著特徵。
《牛津詞典》
Barack Obama's family is such a salient image, we generalise it and fail to see the larger picture—that there's injustice in every aspect of American life.
巴拉克·歐巴馬的家庭是一個如此顯著的形象,我們對此進行了概括,卻沒有看到更大的圖景——美國生活的各個方面都存在不公正。
Those who played salient roles may become the objects of highly embellished verbal accounts or in rare cases, of celebratory articles in contemporary periodicals.
那些扮演重要角色的人可能會成為口頭表達高尚的對象,或者在極少數情況下,成為當代期刊上慶祝文章的對象。
Both pain and pleasure are salient.
其實痛苦與快樂都很突出。
I'll offer a few of salient examples.
再舉幾個明顯的例子。
Here are some salient stats from the report.
下面是從報告中的一些顯著的統計。
Some of the salient features of the application are.
這款套用部分主要特點是。
Missed Opportunities, Salient Memories, and Popular stories.
錯失的機會,深刻回憶和通俗小說。
Walter's most salient quality, besides his love of Patty, was his niceness.
沃爾特有兩點最為顯著的性格特質:愛老婆,是個大好人。
The Indignati are not stupid, and are well aware of two salient points.
憤怒的人不傻,也明白兩點。
One of the most salient features of our culture is that there is so much [bull].
我們的文化最顯著的特色之一就是有太多的扯淡。
Of all the unflattering comparisons, the one with Japan is the most salient.
在所有令人不快的對比中,同日本的比較是重點。
You'll often find that it's particularly salient when you have a skeptical manager.
如果遇到多疑的經理,您會發現這一點特別突出。
This section discusses some salient features in Samba and how to configure them.
本節討論Samba中的一些重要特性及其配置方法。
The salient question is whether to split up the user data into multiple table Spaces or not.
突出的問題在於是否要將用戶數據分割到多個表空間中。
The more salient we make the source of the arousal, the less likely you can get the effect.
我們越突現覺醒原因,越不可能獲得這個效果。
We're going to focus on the simple, salient things could be an instrument, could be an important rhythm.
我們得集中在簡單,顯著的事物上,有可能是件樂器,有可能是重要的節奏。
The other side of the coin is that Westerners zero in on a salient object and tend to categorize the object.
相反,西方人集中精力在一個突出的事物,而且傾向於把事物進行分類。
This article covers the essence of the various AIX memory allocation schemes and their salient features.
本文討論了各種AIX記憶體分配方案的基本原理及其特點。
This model suggests that suppressing thoughts about something will lead that thing to become even more salient.
這個模型顯示壓制對某個事物的想法反而會使這個事物變的更加突出。
This model incorporates the activities and salient features characterized by the academic and technical COE styles.
此模型整合了學術和技術COE風格所特有的活動和突出功能。
In reality, however, the many other less salient features that we often fail to consider will have emotional consequences.
然而在現實中,許多我們往往沒有考慮到的、不那么突出的特徵,將對我們的情緒產生影響。

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