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apposite

英 ['æpəzɪt] 美 ['æpəzɪt]

解释

adj. 适当的；贴切的

※ 提供单词"apposite"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

中文词源

apposite 很恰当的

前缀ap-同ad-. 词根pon, 放置，-s, 过去分词格, 见position.

英文词源

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.)).

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例句和用法

1. Recent events have made his central theme even more apposite.: 新近发生的事情使得他的中心主题显得更加有的放矢。

2. This is a very apposite comparison.: 这是一个非常妥帖的比喻.

3. His answer was apposite.: 他的回答是得当的.

4. She thought in both languages, and selected the most apposite phrase from either.: 她用两种语言思考，然后从中选择最贴切的一种表达。

5. That proverb is apposite to this case.: 那谚语切合于这个情形.