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adequate

音標['?dikw?t] 讀音

漢語翻譯


a. 適當的, 足夠
【法】 勝任的, 適當的, 充分

詞型變化:

副詞:adequately 名詞:adequacy 

詞意辨析:

adequate, enough, sufficient
這些形容詞均含“足夠的,充足的”之意。
adequate: 指數量上足夠,質量上適當。
enough: 最普通用詞,口語、書面語可用,較側重分量或數量的足夠,多指希望的滿足。
sufficient: 正式用詞,側重數目或數量或程度達到某一特定要求或需要。

英文解釋:

形容詞 adequate:

  1. (sometimes followed by `to') meeting the requirements especially of a task
  2. enough to meet a purpose
    同義詞:decent, enough
  3. about average; acceptable
    同義詞:passable, fair to middling, tolerable

例句:

  1. The town is now counting the cost of its failure to provide adequate flood protection.
    該鎮未採取適當的防洪措施,現在吃到了苦頭。
  2. That's not an adequate explanation.
    這並不足以說明問題
  3. Our bodies need adequate nutrition.
    我們的身體需要充足的營養。
  4. And last but not least there is the question of adequate funding.
    最後同樣重要的是要有足夠的資金的問題。
  5. She had adequate grounds for a divorce.
    她離婚有充分的理由。
  6. Our accommodation is barely adequate.
    我們的住房不太夠用。
  7. Their earnings are adequate to their needs.
    他們掙的錢夠用了。

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