adequate

英 ['ædɪkwət] 美 ['ædɪkwət]

• adj. 足够的；适当的；能胜任的

双解释义

adj. (形容词)

1. 充分的,足够的

   sufficient

2. 适当的,胜任的

   having the necessary ability or qualities

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. 足够的，充分的
2. 适当的，胜任的，恰当的，适合的，适用的，合适的，能满足需要的，合格的，合乎需要的
3. 尚可的，差强人意的
4. 得心应手的

v. 动词

1. （使）相等，（使）对等

英英释义

Adjective:

1. having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task;

   "she had adequate training"
   "her training was adequate"
   "she was adequate to the job"
   "he was equal to the task"
   

2. sufficient for the purpose;

   "an adequate income"
   "the food was adequate"
   "a decent wage"
   "enough food"
   "food enough"
   

3. about average; acceptable;

   "more than adequate as a secretary"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. We had adequate food for a week's journey.
   我们有足够的食物可以做一星期的旅行。
2. He sought for an adequate solution to the problem.
   他寻求解决这个问题的适当办法。
3. I hope he will be adequate to the job.
   我希望他将胜任这一工作。

常见句型

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语

～+ n.

1. There was adequate rain and snow last winter.
   去年冬天雨雪充足。
2. You ought to take adequate measures.
   你应该采取适当的措施。

n. +～

1. They had money adequate for the cost of the journey.
   他们的钱足够这次旅行的费用。
2. We found a solution adequate to the problem.
   我们找到了解决这个问题的适当方法。

用作表语

S+be+～

1. The council's provision for the elderly is barely adequate.
   理事会对老年人的条款规定不充分。

S+be+～+ prep. -phrase

1. Is your time adequate for it?
   你有足够的时间做此事吗?
2. The food is adequate for all of us.
   这些食物足够我们大家吃的。
3. This is adequate for the purpose.
   这足以达到目的。
4. His knowledge of French was adequate for the job although he was not fluent in the language.
   他的法语虽不流利，倒也足够其工作之需。
5. Sometimes simple language alone is not adequate for expressing emotions; therefore, rhetoric devices are needed.
   有时单凭简单的语言无法充分表达情感，所以要运用修辞手段。
6. The supply is not adequate to the demand.
   供不应求。
7. The means is not adequate to the end.
   用这种方法不能达到目的。
8. Though a bit too old, he is still adequate to the work.
   虽然他年纪大了点,却仍能胜任这项工作。

S+be+～+to- v

1. My salary is not adequate to support our family.
   我的薪水不够维持一家的生活。
2. Our science and engineering are not adequate to meet that challenge.
   我们的科学和工程学是不足以迎接那种挑战的。

经典引文

• Let them continue as is meet To adequate the balance-sheet.

  出自： Joyce

• No text literally..adequates its signifiers to some signified distinct from them.

  出自： T. Eagleton

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

• adequate measures 适当的措施
• adequate precautions 适当的预防措施
• adequate rain 充足的降雨

～+介词

• adequate for solving the problem 足以解决问题
• adequate to the demand 能够满足需要
• adequate to the occasion 合时宜
• adequate to the work 胜任这项工作

词语用法

1. adequate后接to或者for的时候，有时表达相同的意思。

   Our fuel supply is adequate to heat the house this winter.
   Our fuel supply is adequate for heating the house this winter.

adj. (形容词)

1. adequate的基本意思是数量或程度上“充分的,足够的”,指仅够某事或某场合之所需,而不会超过很多。adequate也可指性质或质量上“适当的,适度的,正好合适的”,指达到要求,符合客观标准。adequate还可指能力或资历等“胜任的”“尚可的,差强人意的”,指合乎一个不太高或不太严格的标准。
2. adequate在句中多用作表语,后接介词to表示“恰当的”“称职的”“令人满意的”,接介词for表示“足够的”。adequate有时也可用作定语。
3. adequate不用于比较等级。

词义辨析

adj. (形容词)

adequate, ample, enough, sufficient

• 这组词都有“足够的”意思。其区别在于：
• 1.enough为一般用语,有时可与adequate互换。enough常用来表示数量或程度,不宜用于表示性质、质量; 而adequate既可用于描述数量或程度,也可用于描述性质、质量。
• 2.adequate表示“仅够满足”“恰好满足”; enough和sufficient还可表示足够满足; 而ample表示充足而有余,即ample>sufficient>enough>adequate。
• 3.sufficient与enough同义,确切程度比 enough 大,前者多用于需要的满足,后者则多用于欲望的满足; 前者多用于书面语,后者多用于口语。

adequate，enough，sufficient

• 这些形容词均含“足够的，充足的”之意。
• adequate指数量上足够，质量上适当。
• enough最普通用词，口语、书面语可用，较侧重分量或数量的足够，多指希望的满足。
• sufficient正式用词，侧重数目或数量或程度达到某一特定要求或需要。

词源解说

• ☆ 1610年左右进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的adquatus，意为平均的。

近反义词

【近义词】

• enough
• fitting
• sufficient
• suitable

【反义词】

• inadequate
• not enough
• unsuit-able

派生词

adj.(形容词)

• adequately adv. 充分地‖adequacy n. 充足