appropriate
英 [ə'prəʊprɪət]
美 [əˈpropriɪt]
- adj. 適當的；恰當的；合適的
- vt. 占用，撥出
助記提示
1. ap- "to" + propri- "one's own, particular to itself" + -ate.
2. => take as one's own, make as one's own, take possession of.
3. => adapted to some particular purpose, specially suitable, proper.
中文詞源
appropriate 合適的，占用前綴ap-同ad-. proper, 自己的，合適的。該單詞含兩個意思: 1. 適合自己的。2. 占為己有的。
英文詞源
- appropriate
- appropriate: see proper
- appropriate (v.)
- early 15c., "take possession of," from Late Latin appropriatus, past participle of appropriare, adpropriare (c.450) "to make one's own," from Latin ad- "to" (see ad-) + propriare "take as one's own," from proprius "one's own" (see proper). Related: Appropriated; appropriating.
- appropriate (adj.)
- "specially suitable, proper," early 15c., from Latin appropriatus, past participle of appropriare (see appropriate (v.)). Related: Appropriately; appropriateness.
雙語例句
- 1. A sense of period was evoked by complementing pictures with appropriate furniture.
- 給照片配上一些合適的家具，喚起了一種年代感。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. It is appropriate that Irish names dominate the list.
- 名單上大部分是愛爾蘭名字，這沒什麽不合適的。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Most vacancies are at senior level, requiring appropriate qualifications.
- 大多數空缺屬於高層職位，要求具備相應的資曆。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Our boat would not have been appropriate for ocean voyaging.
- 我們的船隻本不適合海上航行。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Dress neatly and attractively in an outfit appropriate to the job.
- 著裝要整潔美觀，適合於這份工作。
來自柯林斯例句