enough
adverb
/ɪˈnʌf/
/ɪˈnʌf/
used after verbs, adjectives and adverbs用于动词、形容词和副词后Idioms
to the necessary degree足够地；充分地；充足地- I hadn't trained enough for the game.为这次比赛我训练得不够。
- This house isn't big enough for us.这房子对我们来说不够大。
- She's old enough to decide for herself.她已到自己作决定的年龄了。
- We didn't leave early enough.我们离开得不够早。
- They've been in this business long enough to know what they're doing.他们做这行已经很久了，知道自己在做什么。
- Tell them it's just not good enough.告诉他们这确实不够好。
to an acceptable degree, but not to a very great degree相当；尚- He seemed pleasant enough to me.他对我似乎已相当和气了。
to a degree that you do not wish to get any greater十分；很- I hope my job's safe. Life is hard enough as it is.希望我的工作安稳。生活照现在这样已经够苦了。
- Things are bad enough without you having a meltdown.没有你的崩溃，事情已经够糟的了。
词源Old English genōg, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch genoeg and German genug.
Idioms be man enough (to do something/for something)
- to be strong or brave enough有足够的勇气或意志
- He was not man enough to face up to his responsibility.他没有足够的勇气去承担责任。
curiously, funnily, oddly, strangely, etc. enough
- used to show that something is surprising（表示惊奇）奇怪的是，说来也奇怪
- Funnily enough, I said the same thing myself only yesterday.奇怪的是，就在昨天我自己也说过同样的话。
- (informal, especially British English) used to say that an idea or suggestion seems reasonable（指想法、建议）有道理，说得对，行
- ‘We'll meet at 8.’ ‘Fair enough.’“我们 8 点钟见。” “行。”
- If you don't want to come, fair enough, but let Bill know.你要是不想来，可以，不过要让比尔知道。
- (used in questions and negative sentences用于疑问句和否定句) to achieve all that is wanted达到目的
- The new legislation is welcome but does not go far enough.新法规受到欢迎，但力度还不够大。
- Do these measures go far enough?这些措施能不能解决问题？
- (disapproving) Stop it now. The joke has gone far enough (= it has continued too long).行啦，这玩笑开得太久了。
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like enough (also (as) like as not, most/very like)
- (old-fashioned) quite probably很可能；大概
- She would be in bed by now, like enough.她现在应该已经在床上了。
- (British English, informal) used to say that something is so nearly true that the difference does not matter确实；差不多
- We've been here twenty years, near enough.我们在这里待了差不多二十年了。
- (informal) certainly; in a way that cannot be denied当然；无疑；不可否认
- You heard me right enough (= so don't pretend that you did not).你肯定听到我说了什么。
- used to say that something happened as expected（表示不出所料）果真，果然
- I said he'd forget, and sure enough he did.我说他会忘记，他果然就忘了。
- ‘Stop,’ she said, ‘I can hear something.’ Sure enough, in the distance we could hear the sound of a car approaching.“停下，”她说，“我听到了什么。果然，在远处，我们可以听到一辆汽车靠近的声音。