adequate
英['ædɪkwət]
美[ˈædɪkwət]
- adj. 充足的；适当的；胜任的
词态变化
副词: adequately;名词: adequacy;
助记提示
1. ad‐一再，一再表示平等.
2. 谐音“俺得夸他”（他做得足够的好）。
中文词源
adequate 足够的
前缀ad-, 去，往。词根equ, 等同,见equal, 相等的。此处指足够多的。
英文词源
- adequate
- adequate: see equal
- adequate (adj.)
- 1610s, from Latin adaequatus "equalized," past participle of adaequare "to make equal to," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + aequare "make level," from aequus (see equal (adj.)). The sense is of being "equal to what is required." Related: Adequateness.
双语例句
- 1. People accused the ministry of failing to take adequate preventive measures.
- 人们谴责该政府部门未能采取足够的预防措施。
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- 2. Most states guarantee the right to free and adequate education.
- 大多数州都保障人们免费享受充分教育的权利。
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- 3. They had rushed in without adequate appreciation of the task.
- 他们还没有充分了解这项任务就仓促行动了。
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- 4. The western diet should be perfectly adequate for most people.
- 西方的日常饮食应该完全适合于大多数人。
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- 5. Without adequate information, many students choose a college almost blindly.
- 因为缺少足够的信息，许多学生都是近乎盲目地选择大学。
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