appropriate
【合适的,恰当的,占用,挪用,拨款】
appropriate 既是形容词,也是动词,具有不同的含义,具体如下:
1. 作为形容词:合适的,恰当的
appropriate 作为形容词时,表示 某事物符合特定情况或需求,合适的,恰当的。通常用于表示某种行为、言语或选择在特定情境下是合适或得体的。
🔹 常见用法:
- It’s not appropriate to wear casual clothes to a formal event.(在正式场合穿休闲服装是不合适的。)
- Her comments were appropriate for the situation.(她的评论对这种情况很合适。)
- We need to find an appropriate solution to this problem.(我们需要找到一个合适的解决方案。)
2. 作为动词:占用,挪用,拨款
appropriate 作为动词时,表示 占用,挪用(特别是资金、资源等),通常用于 未经允许 或 不正当的 情况下使用某物。
🔹 常见用法:
- The government appropriated funds for the new project.(政府为新项目拨款。)
- He was accused of appropriating company funds for personal use.(他被指控挪用公司资金用于个人用途。)
3. 相关词汇
- appropriateness (n.) = 合适性,恰当性
- The appropriateness of his response was questioned.(他回应的恰当性受到了质疑。)
- appropriately (adv.) = 恰当地,适当地
- She dressed appropriately for the interview.(她为面试穿得很合适。)
- inappropriate (adj.) = 不合适的,不恰当的
- It is inappropriate to discuss personal matters at work.(在工作场合讨论个人问题是不合适的。)
总结
- appropriate (adj.) = 合适的,恰当的
- appropriate (v.) = 占用,挪用,拨款
- appropriateness (n.) = 合适性,恰当性
- appropriately (adv.) = 恰当地,适当地
- inappropriate (adj.) = 不合适的,不恰当的