| 单词 | appropriate |
| 释义 | ap·pro·pri·ate I. 1. 2. archaic 3. a. < appropriate goods to the lord > < appropriate the money to himself > b. < let no man appropriate a common benefit > 4. archaic < terms so exquisitely appropriated to the character he draws — E.V.Lucas > 5. < appropriate money for the navy > < appropriate the building for storage > 6. < he appropriated my notebook — R.M.Lovett > Synonyms: < it would not be easy to induce the town to appropriate money for improvements — American Guide Series: Maine > but it signifies more generally to take over or acquire without authority or with questionable authority, usually also implying a conversion to one's own use of the thing taken over < to the natives, it is sacrilegious … for the white men to appropriate the sacred watering places — Rex Ingamells > < the winners appropriated all of the best jobs — Charlton Laird > preempt adds to appropriate the idea of beforehandedness and suggests a stronger action, as a seizure, especially of something desired by others < preempt a lion's share of the profits > < the Hindu Maharajah … preempted the country's entire public motor transport — Faubion Bowers > < tall, modern apartments preempt Washington Square West — American Guide Series: New York City > usurp stresses more the idea of the unlawfulness or unwarranted nature of the action and more frequently has as its object rather powers, rights, or offices taken by strong-arm methods than tangible goods seized by force < new rulers have to prove that they have not usurped their title, but possess some higher right to govern than the mere fact of having grabbed power — Aldous Huxley > < the executive officer of the Caine who usurps command from Captain Queeg in the midst of the typhoon — H.W.Baldwin > < legislative assemblies have usurped the powers which rightfully belong to the executive branch — H.J.Morgenthau > < the persistence with which certain birds usurped and clung to favorite perches — William Beebe > arrogate stresses an extreme highhandedness, as of presumption or insolence, and usually has as its object a right, power, or function < a ruthlessness that arrogates to them sole control of local political life — T.H.White > < not only did he reconstitute himself the final court of appeals, but he gradually arrogated to himself the function of all the courts — G.W.Johnson > < the artist's productivity pretends to be creation, that is, it arrogates to man what is the privilege of God — Hannah Arendt > < the clique which had arrogated to itself the function of dictating to Ireland in all things literary — M.P.Linehan > confiscate stresses stongly the idea of unwarranted seizure itself, suggesting often rather a display of power or control than any conversion of the thing seized to one's own purpose < they confiscated Tory property worth a million dollars — American Guide Series: North Carolina > < eight were banished from the United States and their property confiscated — H.S.Canby > < pots and pans confiscated from the kitchen — R.M.Lovett > II. 1. < sit down anywhere and the appropriate waiter comes up — P.E.Deutschman > < gift packages are likewise appropriate for the girls you regularly remember — Phoenix Flame > < by any means appropriate to our use — George Meredith > 2. < an appropriate symbol of that swanky and luxurious town — Virgil Thomson > < the pupil lacks the qualities appropriate to the master's style — David Sylvester > 3. obsolete Synonyms: see fit |
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