Appropriate

[ə'prəʊprɪət] or [əˈpropriɪt]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) take possession of by force, as after an invasion; 'the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants'; 'The army seized the town'; 'The militia captured the castle'.

(adj.) suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc; 'a book not appropriate for children'; 'a funeral conducted the appropriate solemnity'; 'it seems that an apology is appropriate' .

艾玛手打--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(a.) Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper.

(v. t.) To take to one's self in exclusion of others; to claim or use as by an exclusive right; as, let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit.

(v. t.) To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, in exclusion of all others; -- with to or for; as, a spot of ground is appropriated for a garden; to appropriate money for the increase of the navy.

(v. t.) To make suitable; to suit.

(v. t.) To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property.

(n.) A property; attribute.

约翰娜編輯

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Adopt, take to one's self, take as one's own.[2]. Take, seize, abstract, steal, purloin.[3]. Assign, apportion, allot, set apart.[4]. Apply, use, employ, convert.

a. Adapted, fit, fitting, befitting, apt, PAT, suitable, proper, becoming, due, seemly, agreeable, conformable, congruous, germane, convenient, pertinent, apposite, felicitous, applicable, APROPOS, to the point, to the purpose.

編輯:摩尔

同義詞及反義詞：

[See FIT]

校對:莱斯利

解釋/意思:

v.t. to make the private property of any one: to take to one's self as one's own: to set apart for a purpose: (arch.) to select as suitable (with to).—adj. set apart for a particular purpose: peculiar: suitable.—adv. Appropriately.—ns. Apprō′priateness; Appropriā′tion the act of appropriating: in Church law the making over of a benefice to an owner who receives the tithes but is bound to appoint a vicar for the spiritual service of the parish: in Constitutional law the principle that supplies granted by parliament are only to be expended for particular objects specified by itself.—adj. Apprō′priative.—ns. Apprō′priativeness; Apprō′priator one who appropriates.—Appropriation clause a clause in a parliamentary bill allotting revenue to any special purpose or purposes.

手打:柯尔斯顿