单词
suffice
英 [s?'fa?s]
美[s?'fa?s]
基本信息
- vt. 使满足；足够…用；合格
- vi. 足够；有能力
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词态变化
第三人称单数:?suffices;过去式:?sufficed;过去分词:?sufficed;现在分词:?sufficing;
助记提示
1、suf- "up to" + fic- + -e.
2、表示制造、制作、生产了足够的量。
2、表示制造、制作、生产了足够的量。
中文词源
suffice 使足够，足以
suf-,在下，向上，-fic,做，词源同 fact,efficient.引申词义做到足够，使足够，足以。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. Suffice to say, it was more than a couple of years ago!
- 我只想说，那是几年前的事了！
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Suffice it to say that afterwards we never met again.
- 简单地说，此后我们再也没有见过面。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Generally a brief note or a phone call will suffice.
- 通常写个便条或打个电话就足够了。
来自《权威词典》
- 4. This single item will suffice to typify all the rest.
- 即此一端,可概其余.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 5. Suffice it to say that the gun was his.
- 只要说那枝枪是他的就够了.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
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