apt
adjective /æpt/
/æpt/
- suitable or appropriate in the circumstances
恰当的;适当的 - a particularly apt description/name/comment
特别恰当的描述/名字/评论 - The song would have been more apt for a bass voice.
这首歌更适合男低音。 - It was a particularly apt name for someone with his skills.
对一个有他这种技能的人来说,这是一个特别贴切的名字。 - That question seemed quite apt in the circumstances.
那个问题在这种场合显得挺合适的。
- a particularly apt description/name/comment
- likely or tending naturally to do something
易于…;有…倾向 - apt to be… apt to be forgetful/careless
健忘;常常粗心大意 - apt to do something Babies are apt to put objects into their mouths.
婴儿爱把东西往嘴里塞。
- apt to be… apt to be forgetful/careless
- apt pupil a person who has a natural ability to learn and understand
天资聪颖的人
词源late Middle English (in the sense ‘suited, appropriate’): from Latin aptus ‘fitted’, past participle of apere ‘fasten’.