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

单词	proper
释义	prop·er I. \ˈpräpə(r)\ adjective (sometimes -er/-est) Etymology: Middle English propre proper, own, from Old French, from Latin proprius own, particular 1. : marked by suitability, fitness, accord, compatibility: as a. : naturally suiting, complying with, or relevant to < something mysterious, unreal … something proper to the night — W.H.Hudson †1922 > < keeping the body tissues in proper condition — Morris Fishbein > b. : sanctioned as according with equity, justice, ethics, or rationale < to administer proper punishment to the perpetrators of these crimes — F.D.Roosevelt > < an adverse wind had so delayed him that his cargo brought but half its proper price — Amy Lowell > c. : socially appropriate : according with established traditions and feelings of rightness and appropriateness < a proper reluctance to pronounce final judgments — Times Literary Supplement > < the proper ceremony, accompanied by the appropriate spell — J.G.Frazer > d. : acceptable as being qualified or competent : marked by adequate qualification, knowledge, or standards < virtually all fields of human knowledge, necessary for the proper reporting of Washington — F.L.Mott > e. : adequate to the purpose : satisfactory, good, praiseworthy < discovered the true murderer and worked out a proper revenge — Time > < amount of spirit … to give him the feeling of a proper drink — Frank O'Connor > < the Department of Parks will undoubtedly build some proper parks out there — Joseph Mitchell > f. : special to or appointed for a particular religious day or festival 2. a. : belonging to one : own < the evidence of one's proper nose — J.L.Lowes > < in the early days a leader had to be everything … in his own proper person — G.W.Johnson > b. : belonging or applying to one individual only : distinguishing a person or a thing or a place from all others of the same class : naming without describing < proper noun > < proper name > — opposed to common c. heraldry : represented in natural color — abbr. ppr. 3. : belonging characteristically to a species or individual : distinctive, peculiar < those high and peculiar attributes … which constitute our proper humanity — S.T.Coleridge > < insidious ailments proper to tropical climates — George Santayana > 4. : very good : excellent, capital < that girl will make a proper wife for some man > 5. chiefly Britain : marked by ascribed or designated characterization to a remarkable or extreme degree : utter, absolute < that child is a proper terror > < a proper man the champion, for sure > < the roads are getting proper death traps — Time > 6. chiefly dialect : becoming in appearance : well-formed and handsome 7. : strictly limited or isolated to a specified thing, place, or idea : excluding adjuncts, concomitants, extensions, or allied matters — often used postpositively < the expression “China proper” … applies to the eighteen provinces that lie south of the Great Wall — Owen & Eleanor Lattimore > < their animosity dated back to the Civil War, but the fued proper began in 1880 — A.F.Harlow > 8. : marked by rightness, correctness, or rectitude: as a. : strictly accurate : precisely applicable or pertinent : entirely in accordance with authority, observed facts, or other sanction : correct < various proper ways of pronouncing a large number of words in our language — M.M.Mathews > < it was proper to say that … most Americans belonged to the middle class — H.S.Commager > b. archaic : virtuous, respectable < a proper gentlewoman — Shakespeare > c. : marked by occasionally prissy and too strict conformity to ethical standards, social conventions, or sanctioned usages < mustn't sing that sort of song in company. We're oh! so proper — George Meredith > < their women so proper that no one mentioned babies until they arrived — H.S.Canby > d. : of the upper classes and correct to the point of smug priggishness < she realized that proper people go to sea as passengers on a liner, not as sailors — Hugh MacLennan > < ostracized by proper folk — American Guide Series: Massachusetts > 9. : being a mathematical subset that does not contain all the elements of the inclusive set from which it is derived Synonyms: see decorous, fit II. noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English propre, from propre, adjective 1. obsolete : property, possessions 2. obsolete : essential attribute 3. sometimes capitalized a. : the special divine office for a particular day or festival < the proper for Christmas > — compare common 6 b. : the parts of the mass that vary according to the day or the feast c. : the part of a missal or breviary containing the offices proper to certain feasts or saints < the proper of the saints > III. adverb Etymology: Middle English propre, from propre, adjective 1. chiefly dialect : properly 2. chiefly dialect : thoroughly < scolded good and proper >
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