"appropriate",
v 拨款(拨出作特殊用途);盗用(未经许可为自己独自占有)=annex=filch=pilfer=pinch=purloin=snitch=swipe;adj 恰当的(适合于某特定的人,条件,事件或地点的)=applicable=apt=befitting=felicitous
【例】Her casual clothes were not appropriate for such a formal occasion 她的便服,不适宜在这样正式的场合穿。She appropriated public funds for his own private use 她挪用公款。
【记】propr拥有-使自己拥有-挪用
【参】appropriating(adj 适当的);appropriation(n 拨款,挪用公款)property(n 性质,财产);propriety(n 适当,礼貌,规矩)
【类】lurk:wait=purloin:appropriate(不确定)=abscond:depart潜伏是偷偷等=盗窃是偷偷挪用=潜逃是偷偷离开smuggler:import=embezzler:appropriate走私者偷偷进口=贪污者偷偷挪用lurk:concealment=purloin:appropriation潜伏是一种潜藏=偷窃是一种挪用
【反】surrender(vt 交出);inappropriate(adj 不适当的)-meet(adj 适宜的)/ apt(adj 适当的)/ measured(adj 标准的;有规则的)