adventitious
adventitious 英 [ˌædvenˈtɪʃəs] 美 [ˌædvɛnˈtɪʃəs, -vən-]
adj. 外来的，偶然的
- Adventitious is a word you use to talk about things that "just kind of happen," not because you are trying to do them, but because they just come along.
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- adj. 外来的，偶然的
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1. If this assumption be admitted, of course a union of God with the world renders God completely finite, and degrades Him to the bare finite and adventitious congeries of existence.
如果承认这个假定，则上帝与世界合而为一，是不啻将上帝纯然有限化了，贬低成为一个仅属有限的存在之外在的复合体了。
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2. Vaccine production is in accordance with WHO technical specifications, including detailed screening for adventitious viruses.
疫苗生产遵循世卫组织技术标准，其中包括详尽筛查外源病毒。
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3. They had to decide whether his misconduct was adventitious or the result of a flaw in his character.
他们必须确定他的错误行为是偶然发生的还是因为他的性格缺陷造成的。
- adventitious (adj.) "of the nature of an addition from without, not from the essence of the subject; accidentally or casually acquired," c. 1600, from Medieval Latin adventitius "coming from abroad, extraneous," a corruption of Latin adventicius "foreign, strange, accidental," from advent- past participle stem of advenire "to arrive at, reach, come to" (see advent). Related: Adventitiously; adventitiousness.
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