[VERB 动词]足够;充足 If you say that something will suffice, you mean it will be enough to achieve a purpose or to fulfil a need.
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A cover letter should never exceed one page; often a far shorter letter will suffice.
附信不应超过一页,通常来说,一封相对非常简短的信就足够了。
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[PHRASE 短语](用于句首)无须多说,只需说…就够了Suffice it to say or suffice to say is used at the beginning of a statement to indicate that what you are saying is obvious, or that you will only give a short explanation.
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Suffice it to say that afterwards we never met again...
简单地说,此后我们再也没有见过面。
Suffice to say, it was more than a couple of years ago!
我只想说,那是几年前的事了!
Oxford
suf·fice/səˈfaɪs; NAmEsəˈfaɪs/verb[intransitive ]( formal) ( not used in the progressive tenses 不用于进行时) to be enough for sb/sth 足够;足以◆Generally a brief note or a phone call will suffice.通常写个便条或打个电话就足够了。sufficeto do sth ◆One example will suffice to illustrate the point.举一个例子就足以说明这一点。IDIOMsuffice (it) to say (that)…used to suggest that although you could say more, what you do say will be enough to explain what you mean 无须多说;只需说…就够了sufficesufficessufficedsufficingsuf·fice/səˈfaɪs; NAmEsəˈfaɪs/
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sufficesuf‧fice /səˈfaɪs/ ●○○ verb [intransitive]
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1formal to be enough: A light lunch will suffice.suffice for A few brief observations will suffice for present purposes.suffice to do something A few more statistics will suffice to show the trends of the time.2suffice (it) to say (that) used to say that the statement that follows is enough to explain what you mean, even though you could say more: Suffice it to say that they’re having marital problems.
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