prop·er·ly
adverb/ˈprɒpəli/
/ˈprɑːpərli/
- (especially British English) in a way that is correct and/or appropriate
正确地；适当地 - How much money do we need to do the job properly?
我们需要多少钱才能做好这件事？ - The television isn't working properly.
这台电视机出故障了。 - The baby was put on a ventilator to help her lungs function properly.
婴儿被戴上呼吸机以帮助她的肺部正常运作。 - Make sure the letter is properly addressed.
一定要正确书写信上的地址。 - Businesses should ensure that staff are properly trained in how to use new systems.
企业应当确保员工得到操作新系统的适当培训。 - Paine believed that 'Liberty, properly understood, consists in the power of doing whatever does not injure another.'
潘恩认为，“正确理解的自由在于做任何不伤害他人的事情的力量。”
- How much money do we need to do the job properly?
- in a way that is socially or morally acceptable
得体地；恰当地；符合习俗地 - You acted perfectly properly in approaching me first.
你先来找我是完全对的。 - When will these kids learn to behave properly?
这些孩子何时才能学会规矩些？
- You acted perfectly properly in approaching me first.
- really; in fact
真正地；实际上 - He had usurped powers that properly belonged to parliament.
他僭夺了实际上属于议会的权力。 - The subject is not, properly speaking (= really), a science.
严格地说，这门学科不是科学。
- He had usurped powers that properly belonged to parliament.