proper

英 ['prɒpə] 美 ['prɑpɚ]

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解释

adj. 适当的；本身的；特有的；正派的
adv. 完全地
n. (Proper)人名；(英、德)普罗珀

※ 提供单词"proper"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

proper 个人的，正确的，恰当的，合适的

来自古法语propre,自己的，合适的，来自拉丁语proprius,自己的，来自拉丁短语pro privo,个人所有，来自privus,个人的，私人的，词源同private.引申诸相关词义。

英文词源

proper: proper: [13] Proper originally meant ‘belonging to itself, particular to itself’ (a sense now defunct in English except in certain fossilized contexts, such as the astronomical term proper motion). It comes via Old French propre from Latin prōprius ‘one’s own’, which may have been a lexicalization of the phrase prō prīvō, literally ‘for the individual’ (prīvus is the source of English private). The word developed widely in meaning in Latin, but its main modern English senses, ‘correct’ and ‘morally right’, are of later evolution. Appropriate [15] goes back to a late Latin derivative.
=> appropriate, property
proper (adj.): c. 1300, "adapted to some purpose, fit, apt; commendable, excellent" (sometimes ironic), from Old French propre "own, particular; exact, neat, fitting, appropriate" (11c.), from Latin proprius "one's own, particular to itself," from pro privo "for the individual, in particular," from ablative of privus "one's own, individual" (see private (adj.)) + pro "for" (see pro-). Related: Properly.

From early 14c. as "belonging or pertaining to oneself; individual; intrinsic;" from mid-14c. as "pertaining to a person or thing in particular, special, specific; distinctive, characteristic;" also "what is by the rules, correct, appropriate, acceptable." From early 15c. as "separate, distinct; itself." Meaning "socially appropriate, decent, respectable" is first recorded 1704. Proper name "name belonging to or relating to the person or thing in question," is from late 13c., a sense also preserved in astronomical proper motion (c. 1300). Proper noun is from c. 1500.

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例句和用法

1. He denied that he'd failed to keep a proper lookout that night.: 他否认当晚守望不力。

2. Catherine demonstrated the proper way to cleanse the face.: 凯瑟琳演示了洁面的正确方法。

3. Britain imposed fines on airlines which bring in passengers without proper papers.: 英国会对运载证件不齐全的乘客进入国内的航空公司课以罚款。

4. We tend to imagine that the Victorians were very prim and proper.: 我们倾向于把维多利亚时代的人想象得非常古板、中规中矩。

5. Carol managed a few proper snivels for the sake of appearance.: 为了做做样子，卡萝尔适时地抽了几下鼻子。