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ap·pro·pri·ate /əˈprəʊprɪət/ a. | vt.
I a.
适合的，恰当的，相称的 (to, for)
a flashy style appropriate to Paris 与巴黎相称的浮华时式
Plain, simple clothes are appropriate for school wear. 简朴的服装适合上学时穿。
It's appropriate that he should get the post. 由他担任这一职务是恰当的。
II /əˈprəʊprɪeɪt/
vt.
1. 拨出(款项等)供专用
The Government appropriated money to pay for it. 政府拨款支付此项费用。
appropriate funds for the university 为大学拨出资金
appropriate the building for storage 把那幢楼房拨作仓库
2. 私占，侵吞；擅用，挪用，盗用
They have appropriated the major portion of the value produced by the workers. 他们侵吞了工人创造的价值的大部分。
He often appropriates my ideas. 他时常把我的主意据为己有。
He appropriated the one chair. 他擅自占了那张惟一的椅子。
appropriate a great deal of government money 挪用大量公款
[< LL appropriāre to make one's own < L proprius one's own]ap·pro·pri·a·tor-prɪeɪtə(r) n. |