英语词汇“apt”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

Something apt is perfectly appropriate, clever and well-suited to the matter at hand. A "Cinderella story" might be an apt metaphor for an underdog team that makes it to the championships.

The wee cousin of aptitude, apt has the same root meaning of strength and ideal appropriateness. It can also be used in the form "to be apt to" meaning "to be likely to" do something: "With his dark, brooding persona, actor Christian Bale is an apt Batman, and audiences are apt to come to the theatres in droves to see him fight villains."

WORD FAMILY

apt: apter, aptest, aptly, aptness, inapt+/aptness: aptnesses/inapt: inaptly, inaptness

USAGE EXAMPLES

But the most apt description might be this: a winner.

Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016)

Now, “We’re still so young and we hope for more / But remember this / We’re not invincible,” was oddly, horribly apt.

The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016)

Data collected in Virginia, Ohio, Minnesota and Colorado suggests the poor are more apt to encounter failing machines.

Seattle Times(Dec 26, 2016)

1adj being of striking appropriateness and pertinence

an apt reply

Syn

apposite, pertinent
apropos

of an appropriate or pertinent nature

2adj (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward

he is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant

Syn

disposed, given, minded, tending
inclined

(often followed by `to') having a preference, disposition, or tendency

3adj at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant

he is apt to lose

Syn

liable
likely

has a good chance of being the case or of coming about

4adj mentally quick and resourceful

an apt pupil

Syn

clever
intelligent

having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree

单词	apt
释义	apt (once / 215 pages) adj Something apt is perfectly appropriate, clever and well-suited to the matter at hand. A "Cinderella story" might be an apt metaphor for an underdog team that makes it to the championships. The wee cousin of aptitude, apt has the same root meaning of strength and ideal appropriateness. It can also be used in the form "to be apt to" meaning "to be likely to" do something: "With his dark, brooding persona, actor Christian Bale is an apt Batman, and audiences are apt to come to the theatres in droves to see him fight villains." WORD FAMILY apt: apter, aptest, aptly, aptness, inapt+/aptness: aptnesses/inapt: inaptly, inaptness USAGE EXAMPLES But the most apt description might be this: a winner. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) Now, “We’re still so young and we hope for more / But remember this / We’re not invincible,” was oddly, horribly apt. The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016) Data collected in Virginia, Ohio, Minnesota and Colorado suggests the poor are more apt to encounter failing machines. Seattle Times(Dec 26, 2016) 1adj being of striking appropriateness and pertinence an apt reply Syn apposite, pertinent apropos of an appropriate or pertinent nature 2adj (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward he is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant Syn disposed, given, minded, tending inclined (often followed by `to') having a preference, disposition, or tendency 3adj at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant he is apt to lose Syn liable likely has a good chance of being the case or of coming about 4adj mentally quick and resourceful an apt pupil Syn clever intelligent having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree
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