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adequacy n.足够；适当 (1) 有人质疑安全措施是否足够。(2) 尼采的启蒙运动前辈们已经建立了足够的经验方法去解释在非人的世界上在发生什么事情。(3) 对黄金规则所做的通常带有感情色彩的解释是否适当，对此问题他表示质疑。 There is a current of equality running through the noun adequacy. The Latin word from which it is derived is adaequāre, "to make something equal to something else." The English word made its appearance in the early 1800s as a derivative of the adjective adequate. Adequacy means being equal to the requirements of the situation — no more, no less. Theater critic Walter Kerr once wrote this scathing review of an actor: "He has delusions of adequacy."

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英 ['ædɪkwəsi] 美 ['ædɪkwəsi] (1) The adequacy of the security arrangements has been questioned.(2) Nietzsche's Enlightenment predecessors had already established the adequacy of empirical methods to explain what goes on in the nonhuman world.(3) He questioned the adequacy of the usual sentimental interpretation of the golden rule. Adequacy is the state of being sufficient for the purpose concerned. The meaning doesn't suggest abundance or excellence, or even more than what is absolutely necessary. Adequacy is simply the state of sufficiency. 1[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]适当；恰当 Adequacy is the quality of being good enough or great enough in amount to be acceptable.   [usu N of n]I am very critical of the adequacy of Britain's race laws...我对英国种族法律的适当性颇有微词。Several studies point to a real cause for concern over the adequacy of the diet eaten by British children.针对英国儿童膳食质量的担忧，数份研究将矛头指向了同一根源。

英语单词	adequacy
英美音标	英 ['ædɪkwəsi] 美 ['ædɪkwəsi]
中文释义	n.足够；适当
英语例句	(1) The adequacy of the security arrangements has been questioned. (2) Nietzsche's Enlightenment predecessors had already established the adequacy of empirical methods to explain what goes on in the nonhuman world. (3) He questioned the adequacy of the usual sentimental interpretation of the golden rule.
中文例句	(1) 有人质疑安全措施是否足够。 (2) 尼采的启蒙运动前辈们已经建立了足够的经验方法去解释在非人的世界上在发生什么事情。 (3) 对黄金规则所做的通常带有感情色彩的解释是否适当，对此问题他表示质疑。
vocabulary简明	Adequacy is the state of being sufficient for the purpose concerned. The meaning doesn't suggest abundance or excellence, or even more than what is absolutely necessary. Adequacy is simply the state of sufficiency.
vocabulary扩展	There is a current of equality running through the noun adequacy. The Latin word from which it is derived is adaequāre, "to make something equal to something else." The English word made its appearance in the early 1800s as a derivative of the adjective adequate. Adequacy means being equal to the requirements of the situation — no more, no less. Theater critic Walter Kerr once wrote this scathing review of an actor: "He has delusions of adequacy."
柯林斯解释	1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]适当；恰当 Adequacy is the quality of being good enough or great enough in amount to be acceptable. [usu N of n] I am very critical of the adequacy of Britain's race laws... 我对英国种族法律的适当性颇有微词。 Several studies point to a real cause for concern over the adequacy of the diet eaten by British children. 针对英国儿童膳食质量的担忧，数份研究将矛头指向了同一根源。

Adequacy State Word Equal 英 ædɪkwəsi] 美 ædɪkwəsi N.足够；适当