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单词 properly
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properly
(prɒpəʳli )
1. adverb [usually ADVERB with verb, oft ADVERB adjective] B1
If something is done properly, it is done in a correct and satisfactory way.
You're too thin. You're not eating properly.
There needs to be a properly informed public debate.
Synonyms: correctly, rightly, fittingly, appropriately  
2. adverb [ADVERB after verb] B1
If someone behaves properly, they behave in a way that is considered acceptable and not rude.
He's a spoilt brat and it's about time he learnt to behave properly.
They will be concerned to do the right thing–to dress properly, for instance.
Synonyms: politely, respectfully, ethically, decently  
Collocations:
fund properly
They need to fund properly, beyond the career of the athlete.
Times,Sunday Times
That requires us not to underestimate this re-energised danger and then to fund properly the forces who will counter it.
Times, Sunday Times
Services need to be funded properly or standards will fall and waiting times will go up.
The Sun
If the prime ministers' archives were funded properly by the state, all the repositories could enable better access through cataloguing and digitisation, and put on more exhibitions and public programmes.
Times, Sunday Times
These homes not only need to be tested as adequately as schools and hospitals, they need to be funded properly too.
Times, Sunday Times
record properly
Whoever applies must be rigorously challenged, his record properly scrutinised and tested.
Times, Sunday Times
Customers faced unacceptably high waiting times, and when they finally got through their grievances were not logged or recorded properly.
Times, Sunday Times
A senior legal director has been dismissed after hundreds of offences were not recorded properly at court.
Times, Sunday Times
Although the exact blueprints have not been found, the ship's dimensions were recorded properly, permitting the reconstitution.
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This of course captures those that pay and keep records properly.
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register properly
A solitary lizard ran across the path in a little flurry of sand, too quick for the eye to register properly.
Times, Sunday Times
She was left behind by accident by staff who failed to take a register properly for the outing to nearby woodland.
The Sun
But a raid at his villa found the motors were not registered properly.
The Sun
respond properly
So the whole process of making sure that we respond properly, correctly and effectively went very smoothly.
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I explained to my boyfriend that it's about me responding properly.
The Sun
The captain indicated in post-crash interviews that at this point he moved the thrust levers to the takeoff power position, but the engines failed to respond properly.
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Most disturbing of all was the revelation 41 lives could have been saved had the emergency services responded properly.
The Sun
Their bodies have stopped responding properly to insulin, leaving their blood sugar levels harmfully out of control.
Times,Sunday Times
speak properly
Now it's a habit and you've lost the ability to speak properly.
Times, Sunday Times
Learning to speak properly took a long time and was such hard work.
The Sun
She earned enough to buy a small house and to send him to a private school, where he learnt 'to speak properly'.
Times, Sunday Times
I'll speak properly about it, hopefully, very shortly.
The Sun
Perhaps [we were found guilty because] we don't know how to speak properly.
Times, Sunday Times
store properly
When stored properly, za'atar can be used for 3-6 months.
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Even though in many cases it will still be safe to eat if it has been stored properly, producers err on the safe side rather than risk food poisoning.
Times, Sunday Times
Sunscreen generally has a shelf life of up to three years if stored properly, in a cool, dark place.
Times, Sunday Times
The bacterium can lead to food poisoning if meat has not been cooked or stored properly.
Times, Sunday Times
As with trioxane, hexamine has an almost infinite shelf life if stored properly.
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test properly
According to research presented here an entire industry has grown up around something that no one bothered to test properly.
Times, Sunday Times
As well as being difficult to test properly, software can break very easily.
Times, Sunday Times
But medics claim they have not been tested properly and do not work over time.
The Sun
Boards were not tested properly and sellers turned a blind eye in their desperation to cash in.
The Sun
Will there be time for it to be tested properly for side-effects?
Times, Sunday Times
train properly
I'd go drinking in the park and wouldn't train properly.
The Sun
Hopefully when he comes back, he will be able to train properly.
Times, Sunday Times
For most, there will be huge relief that they will get a chance to train properly for the biggest competition of their lives.
Times,Sunday Times
He comes from a fighting background and has taught me how to train properly.
The Sun
Yet over the past year, injuries have maybe not allowed him to train properly and be 100% fit.
Times, Sunday Times
treat properly
Occasionally, the ditch therefore transports waste water to the lake which the available caissons mostly fails to treat properly.
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However, if you do find yourself part of the corporate machine, make sure you are treated properly.
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The wish of parties to be treated properly and with respect must not be forgotten.
Times, Sunday Times
That long term condition was a result of her not having been treated properly in time.
Times, Sunday Times
Ministers would also have to be assured that prisoners would be treated properly.
Times, Sunday Times
understand properly
We just understand properly now why they were docked 35 points and fined £5.3 million.
Times,Sunday Times
This should also prevent employees making repeated appeals if they understand properly the reason why their request has been turned down previously.
Times, Sunday Times
I am not opposed to targets and league tables altogether; read and understood properly, they have their value in helping parents to sort the wheat from the chaff.
Times, Sunday Times
Neither the institution nor the society in which it functions can be understood properly without reference to the other.
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All the instructions, rules and regulatuons regarding admission, class, registration, exam, etc., given in the prospectus should be understood properly.
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use properly
Use properly installed and regularly updated antivirus software on all devices at all times.
The Sun
Nevertheless, that name was not in use properly till 1874.
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Make sure to use properly cleaned leaves preferably picked from wild olive trees.
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But, used properly, it can add significantly to our knowledge.
Times, Sunday Times
Used properly, it should be a formidable resource.
Times, Sunday Times
wash properly
These include not being able to feed yourself or not being able to move or wash properly.
Times, Sunday Times
Just wash properly and slice as thin as possible.
The Sun
An official said the ingredients may not have been washed properly.
The Sun
There was no wet shower area - rolling in and washing properly was therefore impossible.
Times, Sunday Times
They should be washed properly.
The Sun
work properly
This will allow the drainage holes to work properly and stop the compost absorbing moisture from the paving.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
To alleviate the problem, lift the pots off the paving with three slips of stone, to let the drainage holes work properly.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Capitalism would only work properly if the power of state attorney stepped in to force real competition on the capitalists.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It also slows down the downsizing (and upsizing) needed if the housing market is to work properly.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
If group selection were to work properly, war would mean the total annihilation of the enemy by the victorious group.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Translations:
Chinese: 适当地
Japanese: 適切に
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