sufficient
adjective OPAL W
/səˈfɪʃnt/
/səˈfɪʃnt/
- enough for a particular purpose; as much as you need
足够的；充足的 - Allow sufficient time to get there.
留出充足的时间好赶过去。 - One dose should be sufficient.
服一剂就够了。 - sufficient to do something These reasons are not sufficient to justify the ban.
这些理由不足以证明实施禁令有理。 - Our budget is hardly sufficient to pay people, let alone buy any new equipment.
我们的预算几乎不够支付工资，更不用说买新设备了。 - sufficient for something/somebody Is £100 sufficient for your expenses?
100 英镑够你花销吗？ - The salary proved sufficient for his needs.
结果证明工资够他花了。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- prove
- seem
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- quite
- barely
- hardly
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- for
词源Middle English (in the sense ‘legally satisfactory’): from Old French, or from Latin sufficient- ‘meeting the need of’, from sufficere ‘put under, meet the need of’, from sub- ‘under’ + facere ‘make’. - Allow sufficient time to get there.