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adequate adj.足够的；适当的；能胜任的 (1) 我们有足够的食物可以做一星期的旅行。(2) 他寻求解决这个问题的适当办法。(3) 我希望他将胜任这一工作。 Adequate can also describe something that is acceptable or satisfactory, but not any better than that. You might say that a student's grades are adequate but need improvement. This word is from Latin adaequāre"to make equal," from the prefix ad- plus aequare "to equal."

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英 ['ædɪkwət] 美 ['ædɪkwət] (1) We had adequate food for a week's journey.(2) He sought for an adequate solution to the problem.(3) I hope he will be adequate to the job. When you want to say that something is enough or good enough for a particular need, use the adjective adequate. You might have an adequate amount of flour for a batch of pancakes, but not a lot extra. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]足够的；合格的；可用的 If something is adequate, there is enough of it or it is good enough to be used or accepted.   [oft ADJ to-inf]One in four people worldwide are without adequate homes...全世界有1/4的人没有个像样的家。The old methods weren't adequate to meet current needs...老一套方法已不足以满足当前的需要。The western diet should be perfectly adequate for most people.西方的日常饮食应该完全适合于大多数人。adequatelyMany students are not adequately prepared for higher education...许多学生并未做好接受高等教育的充分准备。I speak the language adequately.我这门语言说得不错。

英语单词	adequate
英美音标	英 ['ædɪkwət] 美 ['ædɪkwət]
中文释义	adj.足够的；适当的；能胜任的
英语例句	(1) We had adequate food for a week's journey. (2) He sought for an adequate solution to the problem. (3) I hope he will be adequate to the job.
中文例句	(1) 我们有足够的食物可以做一星期的旅行。 (2) 他寻求解决这个问题的适当办法。 (3) 我希望他将胜任这一工作。
vocabulary简明	When you want to say that something is enough or good enough for a particular need, use the adjective adequate. You might have an adequate amount of flour for a batch of pancakes, but not a lot extra.
vocabulary扩展	Adequate can also describe something that is acceptable or satisfactory, but not any better than that. You might say that a student's grades are adequate but need improvement. This word is from Latin adaequāre"to make equal," from the prefix ad- plus aequare "to equal."
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]足够的；合格的；可用的 If something is adequate, there is enough of it or it is good enough to be used or accepted. [oft ADJ to-inf] One in four people worldwide are without adequate homes... 全世界有1/4的人没有个像样的家。 The old methods weren't adequate to meet current needs... 老一套方法已不足以满足当前的需要。 The western diet should be perfectly adequate for most people. 西方的日常饮食应该完全适合于大多数人。 adequately Many students are not adequately prepared for higher education... 许多学生并未做好接受高等教育的充分准备。 I speak the language adequately. 我这门语言说得不错。

Adequate I Good 英 ædɪkwət] 美 ædɪkwət Adj.足够的；适当的；能胜任的 Food