appropriating

英 [əˈprəʊprieɪtɪŋ]

美 [əˈproʊprieɪtɪŋ]

v.  盗用; 挪用; 占用; 侵吞; 拨(专款等)
appropriate的现在分词

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

• My daughter is always appropriating my clothes?
  我女儿总是乱穿我的衣服！
• Whereas, the fact, which can prove the transformation of the subjective purpose from that in appropriating public funds for personal use to that in corrupting the public money, is not the objective result in occupying the public funds illegally, but the illegal behavior and course.
  能够证明挪用公款主观目的向贪污公款主观目的转化的事实，不是非法占有公款的客观结果，而是非法占有公款的行为和过程。
• The interpretation of the legislation about appropriating public money "for personal use" expresses the spirit to equally treat publicly owned enterprises and privately owned enterprises.
  挪用公款“归个人使用”的立法解释，体现了对公有制和私有制企业平等对待的精神；
• The legislature put teeth into the traffic law by increasing the penalties and appropriating money for its proper enforcement.
  议会以提高罚款及拨出执法所需要的专款，使交通法得以正常实施。
• Today we see much of the art produced in China approaching and appropriating this global mainstream, in terms of subject matter, language and appearance.
  今天我们看到很多中国艺术在主题、语言和造型上，都是朝这种方向发展。
• There has been corruption: in 2013, eight people in Venezuela were arrested for appropriating$ 84m from the Joint Chinese-Venezuela Fund.
  也有过腐败：2013年，委内瑞拉8人因从中委联合基金（JointChinese-VenezuelaFund）挪用8400万美元而被逮捕。
• Each locality shall conscientiously tighten the control of special financial funds ensuring special funds for special purpose, and appropriating them for other use shall be prohibited.
  各地要切实加强对财政专项经费的管理，专款专用，严禁挪作他用。
• She again entreated his forgiveness for so selfishly appropriating the cottage.
  她为自己这么自私地占用了这座农舍而再次恳求他的原谅。
• Born Again Pagans are enthusiastic about Celtic designs and are successfully appropriating Christian symbols back to their supposed primal meaning.
  新涌现的异教徒热衷于凯尔特的图案，并且成功地还原了天主教符号本来的意义。
• We could not sit there watching others appropriating our market and ruining our industry, he said.
  我们不能眼睁睁地看着别人侵入我们的市场，破坏我们的工业。