🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

适当的

Pronunciation / Transliteration: shìdàng de

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Appropriate/əˈproʊ.pri.ət/
adjectiveverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #800 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"参加婚礼时穿正式服装是适当的。"

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Suitable or proper in the circumstances.

    "It is appropriate to wear formal attire for the wedding."
As verb
  1. 1

    To take something for one's own use, typically without the owner's permission.

    "The artist was accused of appropriating the work of others."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'appropriate' originates from the Latin 'appropriatus', which is the past participle of 'appropriare', meaning 'to make one's own'. It evolved through Middle English, where it retained the sense of suitability or fitness for a particular purpose.

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