单词 | adequate |
释义 | adequate —adequately, adv. —adequateness, n. /ad"i kwit/, adj. 1. as much or as good as necessary for some requirement or purpose; fully sufficient, suitable, or fit (often fol. by to or for): This car is adequate to our needs. adequate food for fifty people. 2. barely sufficient or suitable: Being adequate is not good enough. 3. Law. reasonably sufficient for starting legal action: adequate grounds. [1610-20; < L adaequatus matched (ptp. of adaequare). See AD-, EQUAL, -ATE1] Syn. 1. satisfactory, competent, sufficient, enough; capable. |
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