adequate

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a. 适当的, 足够的 [法] 胜任的, 适当的, 充分的

发音

US /ˈæd.ə.kwɪt/
其它 /ˈæd.ɪˌkweɪt/
US /ˈæ.də.kɪt/
其它 /ˈæ.də.kɪt/
UK /ˈæd.ɪ.kwət/
IN /əɖɪˈkweʈ/

词形变化

adequated adequates 三单 adequates adequating adequating 现在分词 adequated 过去式 adequated 过去分词 more adequate 比较级 most adequate 最高级

别名

adæquate

教材释义与例句

形容词

充足的；适当的；胜任的

enough in quantity or of a good enough quality for a particular purpose

Farmers have been slow to make adequate provision for their retirement.

农民们迟迟没有为退休做好适当安排。

Some creams we tested failed to give adequate protection against UV light.

我们检测的有些防晒霜不能提供足够的防紫外线保护。

The standard of his work is barely adequate .

他的工作水准勉强合格。

The company has yet to provide an adequate explanation for its actions.

该公司对其行动仍未作出充分解释。

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To equalize; to make adequate.

    废旧
  2. 2.

    To equal.

    废旧
adj. B2 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    Equal to or fulfilling some requirement.

    适当

    足够

    powers adequate to a great work

    an adequate definition

    1853, Thomas De Quincey, Autobiographic Sketches in Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers, Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, “Dublin,” p. 254, […] in those days, Ireland had no adequate champion; the Hoods and the Grattans were not up to the mark.

det.
  1. 1.

    A sufficient amount of; enough.

    We have adequate money for the journey.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 4

equal tolerable passable fair to middling

反义词 1

inadequate

近义相关 4

capable sufficient competent satisfactory

参见 1

satisfactory

相关短语

adequate intake adequate intakes

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *aikʷos Latin aiquos Latin aequus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin aequō Latin adaequō Latin adaequātuslbor. English adequate Learned borrowing from Latin adaequātus, perfect passive participle of adaequō (“to make equal to”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix)), further from ad (“to, towards, at”) + aequō (“to make equal, equalize”), from aequus (“equal”). Cognate with French adéquat.

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