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Adequate Equal 3319.Adequate 英 ædɪkwət]美 ˈædɪkwət 释义 Adj

正面 3319.adequate
英 ['ædɪkwət]美 [ˈædɪkwət]

背面
释义:
adj. 充足的;适当的;胜任的
例句:
1. People accused the ministry of failing to take adequate preventive measures.人们谴责该政府部门未能采取足够的预防措施。

1. ad‐一再,一再表示平等.2. 谐音“俺得夸他”(他做得足够的好)。
adequate 足够的前缀ad-, 去,往。词根equ, 等同,见equal, 相等的。此处指足够多的。
adequateadequate: see equaladequate (adj.)1610s, from Latin adaequatus "equalized," past participle of adaequare "to make equal to," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + aequare "make level," from aequus (see equal (adj.)). The sense is of being "equal to what is required." Related: Adequateness."

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