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salient a.显著的，突出的 salient (adj.) 1560s, "leaping," a heraldic term, from Latin salientem (nominative saliens), present participle of salire "to leap," from PIE root *sel- (4) "to jump" (cognates: Greek hallesthai "to leap," Middle Irish saltraim "I trample," and probably Sanskrit ucchalati "rises quickly").It was used in Middle English as an adjective meaning "leaping, skipping." The meaning "pointing outward" (preserved in military usage) is from 1680s; that of "prominent, striking" first recorded 1840, from salient point (1670s), which refers to the heart of an embryo, which seems to leap, and translates Latin punctum saliens, going back to Aristotle's writings. Hence, the "starting point" of anything.salient (n.) 1828, from salient (adj.). 【记】源自sal- 跳；sale 卖，卖东西要将商品放在显眼的地方，突出，售货员还要连跳带蹦地推销；silent 的反义，做人别太沉默，要主动突出一些

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['seiljənt] 【英】 adj. 显著的，突出的(noti ceable; conspicuous; prominent)【考】 salient : ignore / incomprehensible : understand(显著的不易被忽略/ 不可理解的不易被理 解)subtle : ignore / salient : observe(微妙的容易忽略/突 出的容易观察)反义词：unconspicuo us(不引人注意的)【记】 sal(跳)+ient→跳起 来→突出的【例】 the salient points of the speech adj. 极度显著突出的【记】Sali三立, ent: 马三立说的是单口相声－显著突出的silent(adj 沉默的)人不会salient【类】salient: ignore = incomprehensible: understand显著的不易被忽略 = 不可理解的不易被理解subtle: ignore = salient: observe 微妙的容易忽略 = 突出的容易观察【反】unconspicuous(adj 不明显的)

单词	salient
音标	['seiljənt]
解释	a.显著的，突出的
红宝书	【英】 adj. 显著的，突出的(noti ceable; conspicuous; prominent) 【考】 salient : ignore / incomprehensible : understand(显著的不易被忽略/ 不可理解的不易被理解)subtle : ignore / salient : observe(微妙的容易忽略/突出的容易观察)反义词：unconspicuo us(不引人注意的) 【记】 sal(跳)+ient→跳起来→突出的【例】 the salient points of the speech
字源	salient (adj.) 1560s, "leaping," a heraldic term, from Latin salientem (nominative saliens), present participle of salire "to leap," from PIE root *sel- (4) "to jump" (cognates: Greek hallesthai "to leap," Middle Irish saltraim "I trample," and probably Sanskrit ucchalati "rises quickly"). It was used in Middle English as an adjective meaning "leaping, skipping." The meaning "pointing outward" (preserved in military usage) is from 1680s; that of "prominent, striking" first recorded 1840, from salient point (1670s), which refers to the heart of an embryo, which seems to leap, and translates Latin punctum saliens, going back to Aristotle's writings. Hence, the "starting point" of anything. salient (n.) 1828, from salient (adj.).
不择手段背单词	adj. 极度显著突出的【记】Sali三立, ent: 马三立说的是单口相声－显著突出的silent(adj 沉默的)人不会salient 【类】salient: ignore = incomprehensible: understand显著的不易被忽略 = 不可理解的不易被理解subtle: ignore = salient: observe 微妙的容易忽略 = 突出的容易观察【反】unconspicuous(adj 不明显的)
趣味全助记	【记】源自sal- 跳；sale 卖，卖东西要将商品放在显眼的地方，突出，售货员还要连跳带蹦地推销；silent 的反义，做人别太沉默，要主动突出一些

Salient Ignore Adj Latin Leap Middle Meaning Seiljənt