adequate
adjective OPAL W
/ˈædɪkwət/
/ˈædɪkwət/
- enough in quantity, or good enough in quality, for a particular purpose or need
足够的；合格的；合乎需要的 - They'll need an adequate supply of hot water.
他们需要有充足的热水。 - The room was small but adequate.
房间虽小但够用。 - There is a lack of adequate provision for disabled students.
为残疾学生提供的服务不够。 - He didn't give an adequate answer to the question.
他没有对这个问题作出令人满意的答复。 - adequate for something The space available is not adequate for our needs.
现有的空间不能满足我们的需要。 - adequate to do something training that is adequate to meet the future needs of industry
足以满足未来工业需要的培训
- The financial assistance given to students is less than adequate.
学生得到的财政援助不足。 - The old computer is still perfectly adequate for most tasks.
这台旧计算机仍然足以应付大部份工作。 - The system is more than adequate to deal with any problems.
这一系统足以应付任何问题。 - The trains were not considered adequate for use on the modern railways.
当时的那些火车被认为不适用于现代铁路。 - These measures are not considered adequate by conservationists.
环保主义者认为这些措施还不够。 - The training given should be adequate to meet the future needs of the industry.
所提供的培训应该能够满足该行业未来的需要。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- prove
- seem
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- really
- very
- perfectly
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- for
词源early 17th cent.: from Latin adaequatus ‘made equal to’, past participle of the verb adaequare, from ad- ‘to’ + aequus ‘equal’. - They'll need an adequate supply of hot water.