appropriate
- IPA[əˈprəʊprɪət]
美式
英式
- 合適的；有關的
- 佔用；撥發
過去式：appropriated 過去分詞：appropriated 現在分詞：appropriating
- 釋義
- 同反義
形容詞
- 1. 合適的 to be appropriate for or to sb./sth. 適合某人／某事物 to be appropriate for sb. to do sth. 某人做某事很合適
- 2. 有關的
及物動詞
- 1. 佔用
- 2. 撥發
同義詞
1. take (something) for one's own use, typically without the owner's permission
- seize
- , commandeer
- , expropriate
- , annex
- , arrogate
- , sequestrate
- , sequester
- , take possession of
- , take over
- , assume
- , secure
- , acquire
- , wrest
- , usurp
- , claim
- , lay claim to
- , hijack
- , steal
- , take
- , misappropriate
- , thieve
- , pilfer
- , purloin
- , make off with
- , embezzle
- , swipe
- , nab
- , rip off
- , lift
- , filch
- , snaffle
- , snitch
- , bag
- , walk off/away with
- , ‘abstract’
- , ‘borrow’
- , ‘liberate’
- , pinch
- , nick
- , half-inch
- , whip
- , knock off
- , peculate
- , defalcate
2. devote (money or assets) to a special purpose