Apt
[æpt]
解释:
(adj.) mentally quick and resourceful; 'an apt pupil'; 'you are a clever man...you reason well and your wit is bold'-Bram Stoker .
(adj.) (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward; 'he is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant'; 'I am not minded to answer any questions' .
(adj.) at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant; 'he is apt to lose'; 'she is liable to forget' .
校对:罗赞--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate.
(a.) Having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; -- used of things.
(a.) Inclined; disposed customarily; given; ready; -- used of persons.
(a.) Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert; as, a pupil apt to learn; an apt scholar.
(v. t.) To fit; to suit; to adapt.
手打:米米
同义词及近义词：
a. [1]. Apposite, pertinent, suitable, fit, fitting, meet, befitting, germane, applicable, appropriate, APROPOS, to the point, to the purpose.[2]. Inclined, liable, prone, disposed.[3]. Quick, sharp, ready, prompt, expert, dexterous, able, clever, happy, adroit, handy, skilful.[4]. Docile, teachable.
阿弗丽达整理
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Fit, apposite, clever, meet, liable, becoming, appropriate, ready, fitting,suitable, pertinent, qualified, prompt, adapted, likely
ANT:Unfitted, ill-timed, awkward, unlikely, inapt
整理:史黛丝
解释:
adj. liable: ready for or prone to anything: prompt open to impressions (with at).—adv. Apt′ly.—n. Apt′ness.
编辑:波西亚
例句:
- He is apt to denominate, however, his whole gain, profit, and thus confounds rent with profit, at least in common language. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- We are not apt to imagine our posterity will excel us, or equal our ancestors. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- The utilitarian principle is valuable as a corrective of error, and shows to us a side of ethics which is apt to be neglected. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- All that can be said against mead is that 'tis rather heady, and apt to lie about a man a good while. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- Everybody is ill now, I think,' said Mrs. Hale, with a little of the jealousy which one invalid is apt to feel of another. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- We are perhaps apt to emphasize the control of the body at the expense of control of the environment. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- We are not much satisfyed with the thing itself; and are still less apt to feel any new degrees of self-satisfaction upon its account. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
手打:弗拉德