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单词 meet
音标 [mi:t]
解释 a.合适的
红宝书 【英】 adj. 合适的(suitable, appropriate)
【考】 反义词:inappropria te(不合适的); unsuitable(不合适的)
字源 meet (v.)
Old English metan "to find, find out; fall in with, encounter; obtain," from Proto-Germanic *motjan (cognates: Old Norse mæta, Old Frisian meta, Old Saxon motian "to meet," Gothic gamotijan), from PIE root *mod- "to meet, assemble." Related to Old English gemot "meeting." Meaning "to assemble" is from 1520s. Of things, "to come into contact," c.1300. Related: Met; meeting. To meet (someone) halfway in the figurative sense is from 1620s.
meet (adj.)
"proper, fitting," Old English gemæte, Anglian *gemete, "suitable, having the same dimensions," from Proto-Germanic *ga-mætijaz (cognates: Old Norse mætr, Old High German gimagi, German gemäß "suitable"), from collective prefix *ga- + PIE *med- "to measure" (see medical (adj.)). The basic formation is thus the same as that of commensurate.
meet (n.)
1831 in the sporting sense, originally of gatherings for hunting, from meet (v.).
不择手段背单词 adj. 合适的; n 会; v 遇见
【反】inappropriate(adj 不适当的); unsuitable(adj 不适合的); unfit(adj 不适宜的);
趣味全助记 【记】meet碰到合适的

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