adequate的词典解释 adequate的词典解释是什么

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

1. （使）相等，（使）对等

1. 充分的,足够的 sufficient
2. 适当的,胜任的 having the necessary ability or qualities

1.足够的；合格的；可用的
If something isadequate, there is enough of it or it is good enough to be used or accepted.

e.g. One in four people worldwide are withoutadequate homes...
全世界有1/4的人没有个像样的家。
e.g. The old methods weren'tadequate to meet current needs...
老一套方法已不足以满足当前的需要。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

• 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

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。

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.