apropos

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a. 适当的, 恰好的 adv. 适当地, 恰好地

发音

UK /ˌæp.ɹəˈpəʊ/
US /ˌæp.ɹəˈpoʊ/
AU

词形变化

more apropos 比较级 most apropos 最高级

别名

à propos àpropos apropo

教材释义与例句

形容词

恰好的;适当的

副词

恰好地;适当地;恰当地

介词

关于

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Fittingness, pertinence.

    废旧 不可数
adj.
  1. 1.

    Of an appropriate or pertinent nature.

    适切

  2. 2.

    By the way, incidental.

adv.
  1. 1.

    By the way.

  2. 2.

    Timely; at a good time.

  3. 3.

    To the purpose; appropriately.

prep.
  1. 1.

    Regarding, concerning, in regard to, on the subject of.

    1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London "Go on, Uncle Max," said Nora pleasantly. "I like to watch your exceptional mind at work. Apropos the disappearance of Geoffrey, and that big old lonely house, you were saying—?"

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词源

Borrowed from French à propos (“on that subject”). Similar in meaning and form, and to some extent etymology, to appropriate, but not a doublet of it.

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