suffice
英 [s?'fa?s]
美[s?'fa?s]
- vt. 使?jié)M足；足夠…用；合格
- vi. 足夠；有能力
GRECET6TEM8考研低頻詞常用詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?suffices;過去式:?sufficed;過去分詞:?sufficed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?sufficing;
助記提示
1、suf- "up to" + fic- + -e.
2、表示制造、制作、生產(chǎn)了足夠的量。
2、表示制造、制作、生產(chǎn)了足夠的量。
中文詞源
suffice 使足夠，足以
suf-,在下，向上，-fic,做，詞源同 fact,efficient.引申詞義做到足夠，使足夠，足以。
英文詞源
- suffice (v.)
- early 14c. (intransitive); late 14c. (transitive), from present participle stem of Old French sofire "be sufficient, satisfy" (Modern French suffire), from Latin sufficere "put under, lay a foundation under; supply as a substitute; be enough, be adequate," from sub "up to" (see sub-) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Phrase suffice it to say (1690s) is a rare surviving subjunctive.
雙語例句
- 1. Suffice to say, it was more than a couple of years ago!
- 我只想說，那是幾年前的事了！
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Suffice it to say that afterwards we never met again.
- 簡單地說，此后我們再也沒有見過面。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Generally a brief note or a phone call will suffice.
- 通常寫個便條或打個電話就足夠了。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 4. This single item will suffice to typify all the rest.
- 即此一端,可概其余.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. Suffice it to say that the gun was his.
- 只要說那枝槍是他的就夠了.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》