The researcher dismissed the anecdotal evidence as irrelevant to the controlled experiment, since it could not be reproduced under lab conditions.
研究人员认为那些轶事证据与受控实验无关,因为它们在实验室条件下无法重现。
Which choice best defines “irrelevant”?
A — Not related, not important. “irrelevant” means not related, not important.
Which word means “not related, not important”?
D — irrelevant. “irrelevant” means not related, not important.
irrelevant — not related, not important. In Chinese: 无关的,不重要的.
irrelevant is pronounced /ɪˈreləvənt/.
The researcher dismissed the anecdotal evidence as irrelevant to the controlled experiment, since it could not be reproduced under lab conditions. (研究人员认为那些轶事证据与受控实验无关,因为它们在实验室条件下无法重现。)
unrelated, immaterial, extraneous — all close in meaning to irrelevant (not related, not important).
relevant, pertinent — each the opposite of irrelevant (not related, not important).
Yes. irrelevant is on the SAT Prep Easy list — mid-frequency academic words that do get tested. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
ir(not)+relevant(related)