• adj. 適當的；恰當的；合適的
• vt. 占用，撥出

前綴ap-同ad-. proper, 自己的，合適的。該單詞含兩個意思: 1. 適合自己的。2. 占為己有的。

appropriate

appropriate: see proper

appropriate (v.)

early 15c., "take possession of," from Late Latin appropriatus, past participle of appropriare, adpropriare (c.450) "to make one's own," from Latin ad- "to" (see ad-) + propriare "take as one's own," from proprius "one's own" (see proper). Related: Appropriated; appropriating.

appropriate (adj.)

"specially suitable, proper," early 15c., from Latin appropriatus, past participle of appropriare (see appropriate (v.)). Related: Appropriately; appropriateness.

1. A sense of period was evoked by complementing pictures with appropriate furniture.

給照片配上一些合適的家具，喚起了一種年代感。

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2. It is appropriate that Irish names dominate the list.

名單上大部分是愛爾蘭名字，這沒什么不合適的。

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3. Most vacancies are at senior level, requiring appropriate qualifications.

大多數空缺屬于高層職位，要求具備相應的資歷。

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4. Our boat would not have been appropriate for ocean voyaging.

我們的船只本不適合海上航行。

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5. Dress neatly and attractively in an outfit appropriate to the job.

著裝要整潔美觀，適合于這份工作。

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