intrinsic: [15] The Latin adverb intrinsecus meant ‘on the inside’. It was formed from *intrim ‘inward’, an unrecorded derivative of the adverb intrā ‘within’, and secus ‘alongside’ (a relative of English second, sect, sequel, etc). In the post-classical period it came to be used as an adjective, meaning ‘inward’, and it passed into Old French as intrinseque ‘inner, internal’.
This general concrete sense accompanied the word into English, but it now survives only as an anatomical term, meaning ‘situated within a body part’. The abstract sense ‘inherent’, now the adjective’s main meaning, developed in the 17th century. The derivation of the antonym extrinsic [16] is precisely parallel, with Latin extrā ‘outside’ taking the place of intrā. => extrinsic, second, sect, sequel
intrinsic (adj.)
late 15c., "interior, inward, internal," from Middle French intrinsèque "inner" (13c.), from Medieval Latin intrinsecus "interior, internal," from Latin intrinsecus (adv.) "inwardly, on the inside," from intra "within" (see intra-) + secus "alongside," originally "following" (related to sequi "to follow;" see sequel). Meaning "belonging to the nature of a thing" is from 1640s. Related: Intrinsicly.
雙語例句
1. the intrinsic value of education
教育的固有價值
來自《權威詞典》
2. The intrinsic worth of the pen is 30 yuan.
這支鋼筆本身價值是30元.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. The character is intrinsic.
性格是內在的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. The brooch has little intrinsic value.
這枚胸針沒有一點實質的價值.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. The rate is determined by intrinsic qualities such as the land's slope.