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| FUNCTION WORD |
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| /ɪˈnʌf/ |
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| 1 | used for saying that an amount is as much as you need , or that a number of people or things are as many as you need （数量）足够的 |
| He doesn’ t have enough experience as a classroom teacher. 他没有当课堂老师的足够经验。 |
| ‘Would you like something more to eat?’ ‘No thanks, I’ ve had enough.’ “你想再吃一些吗？”“不要了，谢谢。我已经吃饱了。” |
| +of There aren’ t enough of us to make up a team. 我们要组队人数还不够。 |
| + for Have we enough knives and forks for everyone? 我们的刀叉够每个人用了吗？ |
| enough to do sth Some of the workers don’ t earn enough to live on. 其中一些工人挣不到足以糊口的钱。 |
| They have enough uranium to build more than 30,000 bombs. 他们的铀足以制造30000多枚的核弹。 |
| enough for sb/sth to do sth There wasn’ t enough room for us to stretch our legs out. 没有足够的地方让我们伸腿。 |
| more than enough (=more than is needed) You’ ve had more than enough time to finish the job. 过多 |
| not nearly enough (=much less than is needed) Not nearly enough has been done to provide training for new staff. 过少 |
| | 1a | used for saying that someone or something is as good , big , fast etc as necessary , or does something as much as is necessary 足够（大、好、快等）的；充分的 | | The teachers aren’ t strict enough. 老师们不够严格。 | | He wants to join the army when he’ s old enough. 他够年龄时想去参军。 | | He told me I hadn’ t been working hard enough. 他说我工作还不够努力。 | | Sure, things have improved, but they haven’ t improved enough. 当然，情况已经有所改善，但改善得还不够。 | | +for The software isn’ t good enough for professional use. 该软件作为专业用途使用还不够好。 | | enough to do sth Three days later Thorpe was well enough to leave hospital. 3天后索普恢复得可以出院了。 | | Not even her roommate had cared enough to warn her. 就连她的室友也懒得告诫她。 | | enough for sb/sth to do sth The road is barely wide enough for two cars to pass each other. 这条路的宽度几乎不够两辆车对开。 | |
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| 2 | spoken used for saying that you do not want to experience any more of something because it is annoying or boring （因某事令人厌烦或乏味而）受够了的 |
| I’ ve only been to one of her lectures, and that was quite enough for me! 我只听过她的一场讲座，但那一次就让我受够了！ |
| +of I wish you’ d stop criticizing – I get enough of that from Harry. 我希望你别批评了，哈里的批评就让我受够了。 |
| have had enough of sth I’ m leaving. I’ ve had enough of all this nonsense! 我要走了。我已经受够了这些废话！ |
| | 2a | used for saying that you want something to stop 够了；行了 | | Enough already! I can’ t take any more of this bickering. 够了！这样的争吵我再也听不下去了。 | |
| | 2b | used for saying that something must stop 适可而止 | |
| | 2c | used for telling someone to stop behaving badly 够了，行了（告诉某人停止不良举止） | | That’ s quite enough! I don’ t want any more rude remarks from you two. 行了！我不想再听见你们两个说粗话。 | |
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| 3 | used after an adjective or adverb for emphasis 很，十分（用于形容词或副词后面作强调） |
| nice/common/natural/soon etc enough Of course she’ s upset. It’ s natural enough, after the way she’ s been treated. 她当然不开心。在受到那样的对待之后，这是很自然。 |
| You’ ll meet the rest of the team soon enough. 你很快就会见到其他队员。 |
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| 4 | used after adjectives that mean ‘stupid’ or ‘not lucky’ for saying that someone does something stupid or that something bad happens to them 真（傻、倒霉）（用于表示“傻”或“不走运”等形容词之后） |
| Surely the government wouldn’ t be foolish enough to ignore public opinion? 政府真的不会愚蠢到忽视公众舆论吗？ |
| be unfortunate/unlucky/unwise/stupid etc enough to do sth They had been unfortunate enough to become infected with the virus. 他们感染上这种病毒真是够不幸的。 |
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| - | can’ t get enough of sth
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| to like something very much and want a lot of it |
| 爱不够；总不嫌…多 |
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| Fans of horror movies just can’ t get enough of this sort of stuff. 恐怖片的影迷们就是看不够这种东西。 |
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| - | it’ s bad/difficult/hard enough
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| used when saying that a situation is already bad and something else would make it even worse |
| 已经够糟糕/困难/艰难 |
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| It’ s hard enough earning a living without having to pay out all this money on insurance. 不要说还得把这些钱都拿去买保险，单单挣钱糊口就已经够困难了。 |
| as if sth wasn’ t bad enough The police were completely unhelpful and, as if that wasn’ t bad enough, they accused me of wasting their time. 警察一点儿也帮不上忙，更糟糕的是，他们还指责我浪费他们的时间。 |
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| - | strangely/oddly/funnily enough
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| used for showing that you think a particular fact is strange or surprising |
| 奇怪的是/好笑的是 |
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| Funnily enough, Robert was saying exactly the same thing yesterday. 好笑的是，罗伯特昨天说了一模一样的话。 |
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