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| 1 | only before noun suitable for the purpose or situation 合适的；适宜的；正确的；恰当的 |
| You have to have the proper tools for the job. 要做这项工作你得有合适的工具。 |
| That’ s not the proper way to do it! 那样做方法不对！ |
| The problem was they didn’ t have a proper place to rehearse. 问题是他们没有合适的地方来排练。 |
| proper procedures Councillors went against their own officers and ignored proper procedures. 议员们和他们自己的官员们对着干，根本不顾及正当的程序。 |
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| 2 | considered to be morally good 合乎道德规范的；合乎体统的 |
| I don’ t think it would be proper for me to say any more. 我觉得我再说下去就不合乎体统了。 |
| I’ m sure you will all agree that this is the only proper course of action. 我敢肯定你们都会赞同说这是唯一合乎规矩的举措。 |
| right and proper It’ s only right and proper that his family should be present. 他的家里人应该到场，这本就是合情合理的。 |
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| 3 | considered to be real or serious 真实的；认真的；严肃的 |
| When are you going to get a proper job? 什么时候你才能有份正经的工作？ |
| Start the day with a proper breakfast of cereal and toast. 以麦片粥加吐司面包的正规早餐开始一天的活动。 |
| He needs proper medical care. 他需要真正的医疗护理。 |
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| 4 | behaving in a manner that most people would consider correct and polite 彬彬有礼的 |
| Young people then were all terribly proper. 那时的年轻人全都彬彬有礼。 |
| | 4a | behaving in a way that is so polite that makes other people annoyed or uncomfortable （令人恼怒或不舒服地）一本正经的，循规导矩的 | | He’ s always so prim and proper. 他总是那么古板正统。 | |
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| 5 | never before noun understood in its most exact meaning 确切意义上的；严格意义上的 |
| Does he live in Swansea proper or in the suburbs? 他是住在严格意义上的斯旺西市区还是在郊区？ |
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| 6 | informal complete in every detail 完完全全的；彻底的 |
| He’ s only six, but he’ s already a proper little gentleman. 他才不过6岁，却已经是一位彻头彻尾的小绅士了。 |
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| 7 | +to formal belonging to a particular type of thing 特有的；专有的 |
| a style of architecture proper to the period 那个时期特有的建筑风格 |
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