adequate
英 ['?d?kw?t]
美[??d?kw?t]
- adj. 充足的；適當(dāng)?shù)?；勝任?/li>
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詞態(tài)變化
副詞:?adequately;名詞:?adequacy;
助記提示
1. ad‐一再，一再表示平等.
2. 諧音“俺得夸他”（他做得足夠的好）。
2. 諧音“俺得夸他”（他做得足夠的好）。
中文詞源
adequate 足夠的
前綴ad-, 去，往。詞根equ, 等同,見equal, 相等的。此處指足夠多的。
英文詞源
- adequate
- adequate: see equal
- adequate (adj.)
- 1610s, from Latin adaequatus "equalized," past participle of adaequare "to make equal to," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + aequare "make level," from aequus (see equal (adj.)). The sense is of being "equal to what is required." Related: Adequateness.
雙語例句
- 1. People accused the ministry of failing to take adequate preventive measures.
- 人們譴責(zé)該政府部門未能采取足夠的預(yù)防措施。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Most states guarantee the right to free and adequate education.
- 大多數(shù)州都保障人們免費(fèi)享受充分教育的權(quán)利。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. They had rushed in without adequate appreciation of the task.
- 他們還沒有充分了解這項(xiàng)任務(wù)就倉促行動了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The western diet should be perfectly adequate for most people.
- 西方的日常飲食應(yīng)該完全適合于大多數(shù)人。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Without adequate information, many students choose a college almost blindly.
- 因?yàn)槿鄙僮銐虻男畔ⅲS多學(xué)生都是近乎盲目地選擇大學(xué)。
來自柯林斯例句