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appropriate 音标拼音: [əpr'opriət] [əpr'opri ,et] a. 适当的,合适的
n. 拨出,挪用,盗用 适当的,合适的拨出,挪用,盗用 appropriate adj 1: suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc; " a book not appropriate for children"; " a funeral conducted the appropriate solemnity"; " it seems that an apology is appropriate" [ ant: { inappropriate}] v 1: give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause; " I will earmark this money for your research"; " She sets aside time for meditation every day" [ synonym: { allow}, { appropriate}, { earmark}, { set aside}, { reserve}] 2: take possession of by force, as after an invasion; " the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; " The army seized the town"; " The militia captured the castle" [ synonym: { appropriate}, { capture}, { seize}, { conquer}] Appropriate \ Ap* pro" pri* ate\, n. A property; attribute. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster]
Appropriate \ Ap* pro" pri* ate\, a. [ L. appropriatus, p. p. of appropriare; ad propriare to appropriate, fr. proprius one' s own, proper. See { Proper}.] Set apart for a particular use or person. Hence: Belonging peculiarly; peculiar; suitable; fit; proper. [ 1913 Webster] In its strict and appropriate meaning. -- Porteus. [ 1913 Webster] Appropriate acts of divine worship. -- Stillingfleet. [ 1913 Webster] It is not at all times easy to find words appropriate to express our ideas. -- Locke. [ 1913 Webster]
Appropriate \ Ap* pro" pri* ate\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Appropriated}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Appropriating}.] 1. To take to one' s self in exclusion of others; to claim or use as by an exclusive right; as, let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, in exclusion of all others; -- with to or for; as, a spot of ground is appropriated for a garden; to appropriate money for the increase of the navy. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To make suitable; to suit. [ Archaic] -- Paley. [ 1913 Webster] 4. ( Eng. Eccl. Law) To annex, as a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property. -- Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster] 265 Moby Thesaurus words for " appropriate": a propos, absorb, abstract, acceptable, according to Hoyle, accroach, ad rem, adapted, admissible, adopt, advantageous, advisable, agreeable, allocate, allot, and, annex, appertaining, applicable, applying, appoint, apportion, apposite, appropriate, appropriate to, apropos, apt, arrogate, assign, assign to, assimilate, assume, auspicious, bag, banausic, becoming, befitting, belonging, beneficial, boost, borrow, characteristic, civil, claim, colonize, comely, commandeer, commodious, condign, confiscate, congruous, conquer, conscript, convenient, cop, copy, correct, crib, decent, decorous, defraud, derive from, deserved, desirable, desired, despoil, destine, detail, devote, digest, distinctive, distinguished, dovetailing, draft, due, earmark, eligible, embezzle, employable, encroach, enjoyable, enslave, entitled, exact, expedient, expropriate, extort, fair, fate, favorable, feasible, felicitous, filch, fit, fitted, fitten, fitting, forage, fortunate, fructuous, functional, geared, genteel, germane, good, good for, grab, grasp, happy, helpful, hog, hook, idiocratic, idiosyncratic, imitate, impound, in character, in point, indent, infringe, infringe a copyright, inspired, intrinsic, invade, involving, jump a claim, just, just right, kosher, lay hold of, lift, likely, lot, lucky, make assignments, make free with, make off with, make use of, mark off, mark out for, marked, material, meet, merited, meshing, metabolize, mock, monopolize, nice, nick, nip, normal, normative, occupy, of general utility, of help, of service, of use, on the button, opportune, ordain, overrun, palm, pat, peculiar, pertaining, pertinent, pilfer, pinch, pirate, plagiarize, play God, pleasant, poach, politic, portion off, practical, pragmatical, predigest, preempt, preoccupy, prepossess, press, pretend to, profitable, proper, propitious, providential, purloin, qualified, quintessential, raid, recommendable, relevant, requisite, requisition, reserve, restrict, restrict to, right, right and proper, righteous, rightful, ripe, run away with, rustle, schedule, scrounge, seasonable, seemly, seize, sequester, serviceable, set, set apart, set aside, set off, shoplift, simulate, single, singular, sit on, snare, snatch, snitch, sortable, spoil, squat on, steal, subjugate, suitable, suited, suiting, swindle, swipe, tag, tailored, take, take all of, take it all, take on, take over, take possession of, take up, thieve, timely, to be desired, to the point, to the purpose, trespass, true to form, unique, urbane, useful, usurp, utilitarian, walk off with, well- chosen, well- expressed, well- put, well- timed, wise, worthwhile, worthy, wrench
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