Appropriate

[??pr??pri?t]

adj. 適當(dāng)?shù)?;合適的

Appropriate = ap-(同ad-,表加強(qiáng)意義)+ -propri-(來自拉丁語proprius,自己的,本身所有的,適當(dāng)?shù)模? -ate(形容詞詞尾),即符合自己的,引申詞義為“適當(dāng)?shù)摹⑶‘?dāng)?shù)?、合適的”,同近義詞有suitable,proper。

Appropriate常見的詞組短語有be appropriate to/for適合于、as appropriate酌情,視情況而定、appropriate time適當(dāng)時間、if appropriate在適當(dāng)情況下、appropriate technology適用技術(shù)、appropriate measure/method恰當(dāng)?shù)拇胧?方法、appropriate arrangements妥善安排。

我們來看2個例句:

Jeans are not appropriate for a formal party.

正式聚會上穿牛仔褲不合適。

What you said on the occasion was not appropriate.

在這種場合你說這樣的話是不相宜的。