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Apt Clever Meaning Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 英 æpt] 美 æpt

英语单词 apt
英美音标 英 [æpt] 美 [æpt]
中文释义 adj.恰当的;聪明的;易于 ... 的
abbr.公寓(=apartment)
abbr.才能;天资(=aptitude)
英语例句 (1) In many ways, the comparison is apt.
(2) I imagine that you may deduce an apt moral from my tale.
(3) Henry is an apt student of the practical science.
(4) He is a clever boy but apt to get into mischief.
(5) He is apt to fly out in a rage.
(6) He is apt to give vent to his feelings.
(7) He has a handful of intelligent and apt students.
中文例句 (1) 在诸多方面,这个对比是恰当的。
(2) 我觉得你也许能从我的际遇中引出恰当的教训。
(3) 亨利在实践科学上是个聪明的学生。
(4) 他是个聪明却很调皮的孩子。
(5) 他极容易发脾气。
(6) 他易于吐露自己的感情。
(7) 他有许多天资聪颖的学生。
vocabulary简明 Something apt is perfectly appropriate, clever and well-suited to the matter at hand. A "Cinderella story" might be an apt metaphor for an underdog team that makes it to the championships.
vocabulary扩展 The wee cousin of aptitude, apt has the same root meaning of strength and ideal appropriateness. It can also be used in the form "to be apt to" meaning "to be likely to" do something: "With his dark, brooding persona, actor Christian Bale is an apt Batman, and audiences are apt to come to the theatres in droves to see him fight villains."
柯林斯解释
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](话语、描述或选择)合适的,恰当的,贴切的 An apt remark, description, or choice is especially suitable.
  • The words of this report are as apt today as in 1929.

    这份报告的措词用在今天和用在1929年一样贴切。

  • ...an apt description of the situation.

    对这种情况恰如其分的描述

aptly
  • ...the beach in the aptly named town of Oceanside.

    名字起得十分贴切的海洋边镇的海滩

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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]易于…的;有…倾向的 If someone is apt to do something, they often do it and so it is likely that they will do it again.
  [v-link ADJ to-inf]
  • She was apt to raise her voice and wave her hands about...

    她动不动就拔高嗓门,并挥舞双手。

  • This type of weather is apt to be more common in winter.

    这种天气在冬季往往更为常见。

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