exogenous
adjective /ekˈsɒdʒənəs/
/ekˈsɑːdʒənəs/
- (formal) having a cause that is outside itself
外源性的 - Technology is usually seen as an exogenous factor, determined by developments outside the country concerned.
技术通常被视为一种外生因素，由有关国家以外的发展决定。 - exogenous to something These children also have severe problems which are exogenous to the educational system.
这些孩子也有教育系统以外的严重问题。
- Technology is usually seen as an exogenous factor, determined by developments outside the country concerned.
- (medical
医学 疾病或症状 外源性的
词源mid 19th cent.: from modern Latin exogena (denoting an exogenous plant, suggested by classical Latin indigena ‘native’) + -ous.