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

• 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。
• 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。
• Delay and Wait Behaviors in Game of Funds Appropriating: A Model Analysis
  政府拨款博弈中拖延和等靠行为：一个模型分析
• This suggests strongly that other countries have by no means shared the US experience in the richest appropriating the bulk of rising prosperity.
  这有力地表明，其它国家决没有像美国那样，在经济不断繁荣的过程中，最富有群体独享了大块利益。
• 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。
• You can become wealthy by creating wealth or by appropriating wealth created by other people.
  你可以通过创造财富或掠夺他人创造的财富而致富。
• By the end of this phase of external monitoring and assessment, compensation funds for land requisition and removal are appropriating continuously on demand.
  截止本期外部监测评估时，征迁补偿资金正根据需要不断拨付之中。
• 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。
• Financiers rarely attract similar approval because – sometimes rightly, sometimes wrongly – they are suspected of appropriating wealth created by others rather than engaging in genuine wealth creation.
  金融家很少得到类似的认可，因为人们怀疑他们窃取了他人创造的财富，而不是参与了真正的财富创造&这种怀疑有时候是正确的，有时候却并非如此。
• 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。