tangentially

基本解釋

This is primarily ‘database to database’ information—people are only tangentially involved in most of it.
這主要是數(shù)據(jù)庫(kù)-數(shù)據(jù)庫(kù)的信息，人們僅僅稍微涉及大部分該類(lèi)信息。
How many are tangentially sculpted because of the tools of creation (tangent-restricted solid modeling software)?
有多少設(shè)計(jì)是限於創(chuàng)造工具而被迫選擇了正切的造型形式（比如有切線(xiàn)限制的實(shí)躰建模軟件）？
There's no longer anything basic about the service, though. It's chockablock with features, options and related tools, some of which are only tangentially related to e-mail.
可是現(xiàn)在它已經(jīng)不再有任何簡(jiǎn)單基本的服務(wù)，而是塞滿(mǎn)了各種功能、選項(xiàng)和相關(guān)工具，有些僅僅能和電子郵件挨上一點(diǎn)兒邊。

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Gonzales has claimed that he was involved only tangentially in the firing of the U.S. attorneys.
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Incidentally, the biggest investment brain in the world got caught up tangentially in the subprime mortgage web.
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