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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   appropriate

   • adj.
     suitable or proper in the circumstances
   • v.
     take (something) for one's own use, typically without the owner's permission；devote (money or assets) to a special purpose

   • verb: appropriate, 3rd person present: appropriates, gerund or present participle: appropriating, past tense: appropriated, past participle: appropriated

2. • 釋義

   adj.

   形容詞

   • 1. suitable or proper in the circumstances a measure appropriate to a wartime economy

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. take (something) for one's own use, typically without the owner's permission his images have been appropriated by advertisers 同義詞 seize, commandeer, expropriate, annex, arrogate, ... 更多sequestrate, sequester, take possession of, take over, assume, secure, acquire, wrest, usurp, claim, lay claim to, hijack, steal, take, misappropriate, thieve, pilfer, pocket, purloin, make off with, embezzle, informalswipe, nab, rip off, lift, filch, snaffle, snitch, bag, walk off/away with, liberate, pinch, nick, half-inch, whip, knock off, rarepeculate, defalcate, euphemisticabstract
   • 2. devote (money or assets) to a special purpose there can be problems in appropriating funds for legal expenses 同義詞 allocate, assign, allot, earmark, set apart/aside, ... 更多devote, apportion, budget