Enough
[ɪ'nʌf]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose; 'enough is as good as a feast'; 'there is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country'.
(adv.) as much as necessary; 'Have I eaten enough?'; (`plenty' is nonstandard) 'I've had plenty, thanks'.
整理:梅尔巴--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Satisfying desire; giving content; adequate to meet the want; sufficient; -- usually, and more elegantly, following the noun to which it belongs.
(adv.) In a degree or quantity that satisfies; to satisfaction; sufficiently.
(adv.) Fully; quite; -- used to express slight augmentation of the positive degree, and sometimes equivalent to very; as, he is ready enough to embrace the offer.
(adv.) In a tolerable degree; -- used to express mere acceptableness or acquiescence, and implying a degree or quantity rather less than is desired; as, the song was well enough.
(n.) A sufficiency; a quantity which satisfies desire, is adequate to the want, or is equal to the power or ability; as, he had enough to do take care of himself.
(interj.) An exclamation denoting sufficiency, being a shortened form of it is enough.
伊内兹手打
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Sufficiency, plenty, QUANTUM SUFFICIT.
a. Sufficient (to satisfy desire).
ad. Sufficiently, satisfactorily, to satisfaction.
手打:奥齐
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Sufficient, ample, plenty, abundance
ANT:Bare, scant, insufficient, inadequate, short
艾德里安整理
解釋/意思:
adj. sufficient: giving content: satisfying want.—adv. sufficiently.—n. sufficiency: as much as satisfies desire or want.
整理:莎丽
娱乐性解釋/意思:
pro. All there is in the world if you like it.
整理:罗莎
例句/造句/用法:
- I told his impudence that the gilt pestle and mortar was quite ornament enough; as if I was born, indeed, to be a country surgeon's wife! 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- I warrant you she'd go to him fast enough without. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Sure enough, as indicated by the change of commanders, the enemy was about to assume the offensive. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U.S.格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The sitting was altogether very satisfactory; she was quite enough pleased with the first day's sketch to wish to go on. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- You talk in such a way about 'mamma' it is enough to make one jealous of the old lady. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- He's good enough for the occasion: when the people have made up their mind as they are making it up now, they don't want a man--they only want a vote. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- As I perceive that your boots, although used, are by no means dirty, I cannot doubt that you are at present busy enough to justify the hansom. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- It was then easy enough to obtain a fairly accurate silhouette, by either outlining the profile or cutting it out from the screen. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- I know better, Fred Beauclerc would answer, and yet I am fool enough to love a woman who is going mad for another man. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- So far it seemed clear enough. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- When I spoke again I was composed enough to treat his impertinence with the silent contempt that it deserved. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- But naturally enough this suggestion was repulsed by Yuan Chwang. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- It was still early enough to catch the morning train. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- She saw clearly enough the whole situation, yet she was fettered: she could not smite the stricken soul that entreated hers. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- He was quite willing to tell me what his plan was, but I did not feel clear enough to understand it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
校對:玛吉