释义
[ ap-ruh -poh ] SHOW IPA
/ ˌæp rəˈpoʊ / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adverb fitting; at the right time; to the purpose; opportunely.
Obsolete . by the way.
adjective opportune; pertinent: apropos remarks.
Idioms for aproposapropos of , with reference to; in respect or regard to: apropos of the preceding statement.
Origin of apropos 1660–70; from French à propos literally, “to purpose,” from Latin ad prōpositum. See ad-, proposition
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH apropos appropriate, apropos Words nearby apropos apron, apron piece, apron stage, apron strings, A prophet is not without honor save in his own country, apropos , à propos de rien, apropos of, aprosopia, aprotic, aprotinin
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Example sentences from the Web for apropos So, apropos of nothing, I need to ask you about one last thing.
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There was the apropos of nothing American flag plastered everywhere.
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Because stories have to be “apropos ,” they have to come at the right moment, the right sip of wine.
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Apropos inflation, the government could try to inflate its way out of this crisis, covering the deficit by printing money.
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Apropos of general indieness, the show paused for a mini-concert from My Morning Jacket.
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He once sent this same lady, apropos of the return of the shirt-waist season, a dozen neckties.
The Bibliotaph | Leon H. Vincent
Apropos of these different osseous processes, we are reminded that they are also present in the human skeleton.
Artistic Anatomy of Animals | douard Cuyer
Apropos of some of the feats of the latter a story was told of the man who walked forty miles in two hours.
The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 5 | Various
Apropos of this, Aristippus on one occasion rebuked an empty-headed parent neatly and wittily.
Plutarch's Morals | Plutarch
In apropos of hearts, they make dories in Swampscott; and it's not swampy one bit!
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British Dictionary definitions for apropos adverb appropriately or pertinently
by the way; incidentally
apropos of (preposition) with regard to; in respect of
Word Origin for apropos C17: from French à propos to the purpose
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