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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary ap·pro·pri·ate
(-at·ed ; -at·ing) ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Late Latin appropriatus, past participle of appropriare, from Latin ad- + proprius own DATE 15th century 1. to take exclusive possession of : annex no one should appropriate a common benefit 2. to set apart for or assign to a particular purpose or use appropriate money for the research program 3. to take or make use of without authority or right
DATE 15th century : especially suitable or compatible : fitting an appropriate response remarks appropriate to the occasion Synonyms: see fit • ap·pro·pri·ate·ly adverb • ap·pro·pri·ate·ness noun English Etymology appropriate appropriate (v.) 1520s, from L.L. appropriatus, pp. of appropriare, adpropriare (c.450) "to make one's own," from L.ad- "to" + propriare "take as one's own," from proprius "one's own" (see proper). Adj. sense of "specially suitable, proper" is from 1540s. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ☞ appropriate ap·pro·pri·ate adjective / E5prEupriEt; NAmE E5prou- / ~ (for / to sth) suitable, acceptable or correct for the particular circumstances 合适的；恰当的: an appropriate response / measure / method 恰如其分的反应；恰当的措施/方法 Now that the problem has been identified, appropriate action can be taken. 现在既已找出问题的症结,即可采取适当行动。 Jeans are not appropriate for a formal party. 正式聚会上穿牛仔裤不合适。 The book was written in a style appropriate to the age of the children. 这本书的文体适合儿童阅读。 Is now an appropriate time to make a speech? 现在发表演讲是不是时候？ Please debit my Mastercard / Visa / American Express card (delete as appropriate). 请在我的万事达/维萨/美国运通信用卡账户中扣除(删除不适用者)。 OPP inappropriate • ap·pro·pri·ate·ly adv.: The government has been accused of not responding appropriately to the needs of the homeless. 政府未采取恰当的措施以应无家可归者的需要,为此已受到谴责。 The chain of volcanoes is known, appropriately enough, as the 'Ring of Fire'. 人们把这链状火山群很恰当地称作"火环"。 • ap·pro·pri·ate·ness noun [U] verb/ E5prEuprieit; NAmE E5prou- / ▪ [VN] (formal) 1. to take sth, sb's ideas, etc. for your own use, especially illegally or without permission 盗用；挪用；占用；侵吞: He was accused of appropriating club funds. 他被控盗用俱乐部资金。 Some of the opposition party's policies have been appropriated by the government. 反对党的一些政策已被政府照搬照用。 2. ~ sth (for sth) to take or give sth, especially money for a particular purpose 拨(专款等): Five million dollars has been appropriated for research into the disease. 已拨款五百万元用于这种疾病的研究。 ⇨ compare misappropriate Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English appropriate adj. VERBS be, seem | consider sth, deem sth, think sth It was thought appropriate to award her the prize. ADV. extremely, very | entirely, quite PREP. for It might be appropriate for him to attend the course. | to Tutors can construct tests appropriate to individual students' needs. OLT appropriate verb ⇨ seize appropriate adj. ⇨ good 2 Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: appropriate technology ap·pro·pri·ate I. \-ēˌāt, usu -ād.+V\ transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English appropriaten, from Late Latin appropriatus, past participle of appropriare, from Latin ad- + propriare to appropriate, from proprius own — more at proper 1. : to annex (a benefice) to a spiritual corporation to its perpetual use — distinguished from impropriate 2. archaic : to assign or attribute as specially belonging 3. a. : to make peculiarly the possession of someone < appropriate goods to the lord > < appropriate the money to himself > b. : to claim or use as if by an exclusive or preeminent right < let no man appropriate a common benefit > 4. archaic : to make suitable : suit < terms so exquisitely appropriated to the character he draws — E.V.Lucas > 5. : to set apart for or assign to a particular purpose or use in exclusion of all others < appropriate money for the navy > < appropriate the building for storage > 6. : to take without permission : pilfer , purloin < he appropriated my notebook — R.M.Lovett > Synonyms: preempt , usurp , arrogate , confiscate : these verbs all mean to seize or take over more or less dictatorially. In the order appropriate , preempt , usurp , arrogate , confiscate they may be said to form an ascending scale of highhandedness. appropriate has the common meaning of to set aside for a special purpose < it would not be easy to induce the town to appropriate money for improvements — American Guide Series: Maine > but it signifies more generally to take over or acquire without authority or with questionable authority, usually also implying a conversion to one's own use of the thing taken over < to the natives, it is sacrilegious … for the white men to appropriate the sacred watering places — Rex Ingamells > < the winners appropriated all of the best jobs — Charlton Laird > preempt adds to appropriate the idea of beforehandedness and suggests a stronger action, as a seizure, especially of something desired by others < preempt a lion's share of the profits > < the Hindu Maharajah … preempted the country's entire public motor transport — Faubion Bowers > < tall, modern apartments preempt Washington Square West — American Guide Series: New York City > usurp stresses more the idea of the unlawfulness or unwarranted nature of the action and more frequently has as its object rather powers, rights, or offices taken by strong-arm methods than tangible goods seized by force < new rulers have to prove that they have not usurped their title, but possess some higher right to govern than the mere fact of having grabbed power — Aldous Huxley > < the executive officer of the Caine who usurps command from Captain Queeg in the midst of the typhoon — H.W.Baldwin > < legislative assemblies have usurped the powers which rightfully belong to the executive branch — H.J.Morgenthau > < the persistence with which certain birds usurped and clung to favorite perches — William Beebe > arrogate stresses an extreme highhandedness, as of presumption or insolence, and usually has as its object a right, power, or function < a ruthlessness that arrogates to them sole control of local political life — T.H.White > < not only did he reconstitute himself the final court of appeals, but he gradually arrogated to himself the function of all the courts — G.W.Johnson > < the artist's productivity pretends to be creation, that is, it arrogates to man what is the privilege of God — Hannah Arendt > < the clique which had arrogated to itself the function of dictating to Ireland in all things literary — M.P.Linehan > confiscate stresses stongly the idea of unwarranted seizure itself, suggesting often rather a display of power or control than any conversion of the thing seized to one's own purpose < they confiscated Tory property worth a million dollars — American Guide Series: North Carolina > < eight were banished from the United States and their property confiscated — H.S.Canby > < pots and pans confiscated from the kitchen — R.M.Lovett > II. \-ēə̇t sometimes -ēˌāt; usu -d.+V\ adjective Etymology: Middle English appropriat, from Late Latin appropriatus 1. : specially suitable : fit , proper < sit down anywhere and the appropriate waiter comes up — P.E.Deutschman > < gift packages are likewise appropriate for the girls you regularly remember — Phoenix Flame > < by any means appropriate to our use — George Meredith > 2. : belonging peculiarly : special < an appropriate symbol of that swanky and luxurious town — Virgil Thomson > < the pupil lacks the qualities appropriate to the master's style — David Sylvester > 3. obsolete : attached as an accessory possession Synonyms: see fit |
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