apposite
英 ['?p?z?t]
美['?p?z?t]
- adj. 適當(dāng)?shù)模毁N切的
TEM8GRE暢通詞匯
助記提示
1. ap- "to" + posit- + -e.
2. 字面含義：apply to, put to, place to, put near.
3. figuratively "well-put or applied, appropriate, fit, proper, suitable".
2. 字面含義：apply to, put to, place to, put near.
3. figuratively "well-put or applied, appropriate, fit, proper, suitable".
中文詞源
apposite 很恰當(dāng)?shù)?/span>
前綴ap-同ad-. 詞根pon, 放置，-s, 過去分詞格, 見position.
英文詞源
- apposite (adj.)
- 1620s, "well-put or applied, appropriate," from Latin appositus "contiguous, neighboring;" figuratively "fit, proper, suitable," past participle of apponere "apply to, put near," from ad- "near" (see ad-) + ponere "to place" (past participle positus; see position (n.)).
雙語例句
- 1. Recent events have made his central theme even more apposite.
- 新近發(fā)生的事情使得他的中心主題顯得更加有的放矢。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. This is a very apposite comparison.
- 這是一個(gè)非常妥帖的比喻.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. His answer was apposite.
- 他的回答是得當(dāng)?shù)?
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 4. She thought in both languages, and selected the most apposite phrase from either.
- 她用兩種語言思考，然后從中選擇最貼切的一種表達(dá)。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. That proverb is apposite to this case.
- 那諺語切合于這個(gè)情形.
來自辭典例句