adequate
柯林斯詞典
1. ADJ If something is adequate, there is enough of it or it is good enough to be used or accepted. 足夠的
One in four people worldwide are without adequate homes. 世界上1/4的人沒有足夠的住房。
She is prepared to offer me an amount adequate to purchase another house. 她準(zhǔn)備好了給我一筆足以購買另一所房子的錢。
2. adequatelyADV 足夠地[ADV with v]
Many students are not adequately prepared for higher education. 很多學(xué)生沒有為高等教育做足準(zhǔn)備。
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劍橋詞典
- enough or satisfactory for a particular purpose
- Without the adequate provision of childcare , many women who wish to work are unable to do so.
- New legislation still does not offer adequate protection for many endangered species .
- They demanded adequate remuneration for their work .
- Children need adequate amounts of nutritious foods to grow up strong and healthy .
- Parents complained that the new school didn't have adequate resources to deal with the large amount of pupils . 返回 adequate
足夠的;合格的;合乎需要的
Have we got adequate food for 20 guests ? 我們的食物夠招待20位客人嗎?
I didn't have adequate time to prepare . 我沒有充足的時(shí)間來準(zhǔn)備。
It's not a big salary but it's adequate for our needs . 工資雖不優(yōu)厚,但足以滿足我們的需要了。
The council's provision for the elderly is barely adequate (= is not enough). 市政會(huì)給老年人提供的保障不足。
[ 動(dòng)詞后面接一個(gè)帶to的不定式 ] Will future oil supplies be adequate to meet world needs ? 未來的石油供應(yīng)能滿足世界的需要嗎?
反義詞
inadequate
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