suffice
【足够、满足需求或要求】
单词:suffice
🔹 发音:
- 美式发音:[səˈfaɪs]
- 英式发音:[səˈfaɪs]
1. 释义
suffice(动词)指的是足够、满足需求或要求,表示某物或某种情况能够达到所需的程度,满足某个目的或要求。它通常用于表达“某事物足以应付某个情境”或“某个条件已足够”。
常见含义:
- 满足需求或条件
- 例:A quick answer will suffice for now.
(一个简短的回答现在就足够了。)
- 例:A quick answer will suffice for now.
- 足够使用或满足某个目的
- 例:Two tickets will suffice for the concert.
(两张票就足够参加音乐会了。)
- 例:Two tickets will suffice for the concert.
2. 用法
常见句型:
- suffice to do something → 足够做某事
- 例:This explanation will suffice to clarify the situation.
(这个解释足以澄清情况。)
- 例:This explanation will suffice to clarify the situation.
- suffice for → 足够满足(某种需要)
- 例:A small amount of water will suffice for the plants.
(少量的水足以满足植物的需求。)
- 例:A small amount of water will suffice for the plants.
- suffice as → 足够充当
- 例:His answer will suffice as proof.
(他的回答足够作为证据。)
- 例:His answer will suffice as proof.
3. 例句
- 例如:One cup of coffee suffices to wake me up in the morning.
(一杯咖啡足以让我早上清醒过来。) - 例如:If you have a map, it will suffice to guide you to the destination.
(如果你有一张地图,它就足够引导你到达目的地。) - 例如:The little bit of effort he put into the project sufficed to pass the class.
(他在项目中投入的一点努力足以通过这门课。)
4. 相关词汇
词汇 | 含义 | 例句 |
---|---|---|
adequate | 充足的,指足够的、满足需求的 | This amount of money is adequate for the purchase.(这笔钱足够用于购买。) |
enough | 足够的,表示满足要求或需要的数量或程度 | She has enough time to complete the task.(她有足够的时间完成任务。) |
satisfactory | 满意的,指符合需求或要求的 | His performance was satisfactory for the job.(他的表现对这项工作来说是令人满意的。) |
5. 总结
- suffice 是一个表示足够、满足需求的动词,通常用来描述某物足以满足某个条件或目的。
- 它常用于表述某事物的数量、质量或程度足以应付现有需求或问题。