apposite

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈæp.ə.zɪt/|/əˈpɒz.ɪt/    美 /ˈæp.ə.zɪt/|/əˈpɑ.zɪt/|/ˈæp.ə.zɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. That which is apposite; something suitable. rare
    — Hugh gave the boy apples or other small apposites[…], but the child was too interested in the bishop to notice the gifts.
形容词 adj.
  1. Strikingly appropriate or relevant; well suited to the circumstance or in relation to something.
    — c. 1833–1856, Andrew Carrick, John Addington Symonds (editors), Medical Topography of Bristol, in Transactions of the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association/Volume 2/3, Medical Topography would be the most apposite title, since it comprehends the principal objects of investigation; ….
  2. Positioned at rest in respect to another, be it side-to-side, front-to-front, back-to-back, or even three-dimensionally: in apposition.
    — In other words, they are used to name, rather than to describe. They are apposite nouns and not adjectives.
  3. Related, homologous.
    — If the shift in theatrical setting and the shift in dramaturgy are at all related, they are apposite developments, independent yet homologous signs of a changing political and cultural climate.

词形变化

more apposite comparative most apposite superlative apposites plural

词汇关系

衍生词
unapposite
相关词
appositely appositeness apposition inapposite

词源

词源 1
From Latin appositus, past participle of adponere, from ad- + ponere (“to put, place”). See apposition.
词源 2
From Latin appositus, past participle of adponere, from ad- + ponere (“to put, place”). See apposition.
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