Extraneous things are not relevant or essential to the situation you are involved in or the subject you are talking about.
例句
We ought not to bring in extraneous matters in trying to find a basis for a settlement...我们努力寻求解决问题的基础时,不应该牵扯进无关的事情。I can choose to ignore these extraneous thoughts or certainly choose not to act on them.我可以选择无视这些无关的想法,当然也可以选择不按这些想法行事。