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Apt French Latin 适当的 æpt A.易于…的,恰当的 考 反义词

单词 apt
音标 [æpt]
解释 a.易于…的,恰当的
红宝书 【考】 反义词: extremely inappropriate(十分 不合适的); unlikely(不可能的)
字源 apt (adj.)
mid-14c., "inclined, disposed;" late 14c., "suited, fitted, adapted," from Old French ate (13c., Modern French apte), or directly from Latin aptus "fit, suited," adjectival use of past participle of *apere "to attach, join, tie to," from PIE root *ap- (1) "to grasp, take, reach" (cognates: Sanskrit apnoti "he reaches," Latin apisci "to reach after, attain," Hittite epmi "I seize"). Elliptical sense of "becoming, appropriate" is from 1560s.
不择手段背单词 adj. 易于...的; 适当的 = befitting = felicitous
【例】This shoe is apt to slip 这种鞋容易滑倒. an apt answer 适当的答复
【反】extremely inappropriate(十分不合适的); unlikely(adj 不太可能的, 靠不住的); aptness(n 倾向; 适合性)-unsuitability(n 不相称; 不适合)
趣味全助记 【记】近于appropriate 适当的

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