• adj. 充足的；適當的；勝任的

前綴ad-, 去，往。詞根equ, 等同,見equal, 相等的。此處指足夠多的。

adequate

adequate: see equal

adequate (adj.)

1610s, from Latin adaequatus "equalized," past participle of adaequare "to make equal to," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + aequare "make level," from aequus (see equal (adj.)). The sense is of being "equal to what is required." Related: Adequateness.

1. People accused the ministry of failing to take adequate preventive measures.

人們譴責該政府部門未能采取足夠的預防措施。

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2. Most states guarantee the right to free and adequate education.

大多數州都保障人們免費享受充分教育的權利。

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3. They had rushed in without adequate appreciation of the task.

他們還沒有充分了解這項任務就倉促行動了。

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4. The western diet should be perfectly adequate for most people.

西方的日常飲食應該完全適合于大多數人。

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5. Without adequate information, many students choose a college almost blindly.

因為缺少足夠的信息，許多學生都是近乎盲目地選擇大學。

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