apposite

英 ['?p?z?t] 美['?p?z?t]
  • adj. 適當?shù)?；貼切的
TEM8GRE暢通詞匯

助記提示

1. ap- "to" + posit- + -e.
2. 字面含義：apply to, put to, place to, put near.
3. figuratively "well-put or applied, appropriate, fit, proper, suitable".

中文詞源

apposite 很恰當?shù)?/span>

前綴ap-同ad-. 詞根pon, 放置，-s, 過去分詞格, 見position.

英文詞源

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.)).

雙語例句

1. Recent events have made his central theme even more apposite.
新近發(fā)生的事情使得他的中心主題顯得更加有的放矢。

來自柯林斯例句

2. This is a very apposite comparison.
這是一個非常妥帖的比喻.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. His answer was apposite.
他的回答是得當?shù)?

來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

4. She thought in both languages, and selected the most apposite phrase from either.
她用兩種語言思考，然后從中選擇最貼切的一種表達。

來自柯林斯例句

5. That proverb is apposite to this case.
那諺語切合于這個情形.

來自辭典例句