felicitous

• adj. 恰當的；善於措辭的；幸福的

來自felicity, 恰當，貼切。

felicitous (adj.)

1726, "blissful, very happy," from felicity + -ous. There is an isolated use of felicitously from 1530s.

1. Her prose style is not always felicitous; she tends to repetition.

她的行文風格並非總是恰到好處，往往愛重複。

來自柯林斯例句

2. a felicitous turn of phrase

貼切的措辭

來自《權威詞典》

3. She played him -- sometimes delicately, sometimes with a less felicitous touch.

她吊著他 -- 有時溫柔地, 有時手法就不那麽巧妙.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

4. Nationalization is a word which is neither very felicitous nor free from ambiguity.

國有化是個既不十分貼切,意義也頗含糊的用語.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. You need to handle the delicate matter in a most felicitous manner.

你需要用得體的方式處理這件微妙的事。

來自辭典例句