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.
双语例句
1. the intrinsic value of education
教育的固有价值
来自《权威词典》
2. The intrinsic worth of the pen is 30 yuan.
这支钢笔本身价值是30元.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. The character is intrinsic.
性格是内在的.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. The brooch has little intrinsic value.
这枚胸针没有一点实质的价值.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. The rate is determined by intrinsic qualities such as the land's slope.
