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单词 appropriateness
释义 aˈppropriateness
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
1. The state of being appropriated or devoted to some special purpose; special destination. Obs.
a1638Mede Wks. i. ii. 9 (R.) Some state of singularity or appropriateness, whereby it is advanced above the common condition of things of the same order.
2. Special fitness, suitability, or applicability.
1731in Bailey.1816Gilchrist Philos. Etym. 209 The appropriateness to my present purpose of the following quotation.1871Earle Philol. Eng. Tong. §644 When the musical appropriateness of the word is the chief care.
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