appropriates

英 [əˈprəʊprieɪts]

美 [əˈproʊprieɪts]

v.  盗用; 挪用; 占用; 侵吞; 拨(专款等)
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柯林斯词典

The adjective is pronounced /ə'prəʊpriət/. The verb is pronounced /ə'prəʊprieɪt/. 形容词读作/ə'prəʊpriət/，动词读作/ə'prəʊprieɪt/。


• ADJ-GRADED 适当的;合适的;恰当的
  Something that isappropriateis suitable or acceptable for a particular situation.
  1. It is appropriate that Irish names dominate the list...
     名单上大部分是爱尔兰名字，这没什么不合适的。
  2. Dress neatly and attractively in an outfit appropriate to the job...
     着装要整洁美观，适合于这份工作。
  3. The teacher can then take appropriate action.
     老师到时可以采取适当的行动。
• VERB 私占；侵吞；盗用；挪用
  If someoneappropriatessomething which does not belong to them, they take it, usually without the right to do so.
  1. Several other newspapers have appropriated the idea...
     另外有几家报社已盗用了这个创意。
  2. The land was simply appropriated by the rulers.
     土地完全被统治者霸占。
• VERB 拨出（专款）
  If a government or organizationappropriatesan amount of money for a particular purpose, it reserves it for that purpose.
  1. Senator Lugar is skeptical that Congress will appropriate more funding for this purpose.
     参议员卢格怀疑国会是否会拨出更多资金用于此目的。

双语例句

• When the fire is strong, it soon appropriates itself to the matter which is heaped upon it, and consumes it, and rises higher by means of this very material.
  当火势强旺，它很快就会挪用堆积的材料，吞食它，并靠着这材料使自己升得更高。
• He often appropriates my ideas.
  他时常剽窃我的见解。
• So the original oxygen lance nozzle more appropriates to slag splashing operation in the 120t combined blown converter than others.
  原用氧枪喷头（方案一）更适宜在通钢的120吨复吹转炉上进行溅渣护炉操作。
• The insurance appropriates to a joint venture shall be furnished by Chinese insurance company.
  适合于合资企业的各种保险均应由中国保险公司提供。
• The President is Commander-in-Chief of the army, but Congress appropriates money for a standing army.
  总统是军队的统帅，但军费是由国会拨出的。
• It manages users 'access ability both in appli-cation system and data information, successfully appropriates the requirement of cooperation in enterprise management with supple nature.
  这种权限管理方法从应用系统任务单元的划分和数据信息两个方面对用户的访问权限进行了控制，灵活地支持了有协同工作需求的企业管理业务的完成。
• Whoever counterfeits a patented product or wrongly appropriates a patented technique will be ordered by the patent administrative authorities to cease all acts of counterfeiting, to provide the public with notification of his or her violation, and to pay a fine.
  对于将非专利产品或非专利方法冒充专利产品或专利方法的，由专利管理机关责令停止冒充行为，公开更正，并处以罚款。
• This rental payment appropriates some of the consumer surplus.
  这种租金付款占有了一些消费剩余。
• Mobile TV phone appropriates to meet this need.
  手机电视恰当的迎合了这一需要。
• That selfish student always appropriates the biggest bookcase and desk.
  那个自私的学生总是占用最大的书橱和书桌。