1 DET 足够;充分 Enough means as much as you need or as much as is necessary. 足够;充分
Enough is also an adverb.
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I was old enough to work and earn money.
我已经长大了,可以工作赚钱了。
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Do you believe that sentences for criminals are tough enough at present?.
你认为当前对罪犯的判决足够严厉吗?
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She graduated with high enough marks to apply for university.
她的毕业成绩足以申请上大学。
Enough is also a pronoun.
Enough is also a quantifier.
Enough is also an adjective.
2 PRON 够了;受够了 If you say that something is enough, you mean that you do not want it to continue any longer or get any worse. 够了;受够了
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I met him only the once, and that was enough.
我就见过他那一次,那就让我受够了。
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I think I have said enough.
我想我已经说得够多了。
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You've got enough to think about for the moment.
目前你要考虑的事情够多了。
Enough is also a quantifier.
Enough is also a determiner.
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I've had enough problems with the police, I don't need this.
警察那边已经够我烦的了,我可不要惹这麻烦。
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Would you shut up, please! I'm having enough trouble with these children!
请你闭嘴!这些孩子已经够我烦的了。
Enough is also an adverb.
3 ADV 很;十分 You can use enough to say that something is the case to a moderate or fairly large degree. 很;十分
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Winter is a common enough German surname.
温特是一个非常普通的德国姓氏。
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I got this phone call from a gentleman, who seemed sincere enough.
这个电话是一位绅士打来的,他似乎非常诚恳。
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The rest of the evening passed pleasantly enough.
晚上剩余的时间过得十分愉快。
4 ADV 说来奇怪/说起来有趣 You use enough in expressions such as strangely enough and interestingly enough to indicate that you think a fact is strange or interesting. 说来奇怪/说起来有趣
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Strangely enough, the last thing he thought of was his beloved Tanya.
说来也怪,他最后想到的才是他心爱的塔尼娅。
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Her latest conquest is an Italian who, interestingly enough, doesn't speak a word of his native language.
她新搭上了个意大利人。有意思的是,那个意大利人一句意大利语都不会说。
5 PHRASE [VERB inflects] 适可而止 If you say 'enough is enough', you mean that you want something that is happening to stop. 适可而止
6 PHRASE 受够了 If you say that you have had enough, you mean that you are unhappy with a situation and you want it to stop. 受够了
7 CONVENTION 讲得够清楚了;不必再多说了 If you say 'enough said', you mean that what you have just said is enough to make a point clear, and that there is no need to say any more. 讲得够清楚了;不必再多说了
8 CONVENTION (尤指对孩子说)别再闹了,够了 You say 'that's enough' to tell someone, especially a child, to stop behaving in a silly, noisy, or unpleasant way. (尤指对孩子说)别再闹了,够了
9 fair enough→see: fair sure enough→see: sure
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QUANT. | adequate, complete, satisfactory, sufficient; (ant.) deficient, inadequate, insufficient 1 |
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