| 释义 |
aˈppropriated, ppl. a.
[f. prec. + -ed; as pple. replacing the earlier appropriate, which remains as the adj.]
1. Made over or assigned to a special owner; set apart for a special purpose; specially limited.
1618Bolton Florus i. xvii. 51 The under-going of generall curses, for the generall good, which was now growne appropriated to his [Decius'] family. 1756Burke Subl. & B. Wks. I. 129 This species of relative pleasure I call Delight..The word is not commonly used in this appropriated signification. 1828Ld. Grenville Sinking Fund 34 To place at the disposal of the community any portion of its now appropriated taxation.
†2. Specially suited; suitable, appropriate. Obs.
1641French Distill. iii. (1651) 67 Ten or twenty drops..being taken in any appropriated Liquor. a1733North Lives II. 327 Rich liveries of the appropriated colours. 1780Sir J. Reynolds Disc. x. (1876) 9 When to correctness and perfect form is added..appropriated expression. |