apt adj.
释义:suitable or right for a particular situation
“apt”是个形容词,意思是“恰当的” “贴切的”,常常可以用来完美替换 appropriate, suitable, fitting 等词。由于 apt 只有 3 个字母,是个单音节词,在有些情况下使用它会让表达显得更简洁干练。
鲁迅先生已经去世 82 年了,依然有很多人引用他的话来描述当今社会的一些状况。
Eighty-two years after his death, Lu Xun’s words remain apt.
apt 经常用来形容名词 comment/description/comparison 等,是适合用来发英文朋友圈的一个好词。当我们遇到恰如其分的点评或描述时就可以用到它。
So apt!(太恰当了!)
What an apt caption!(配图文字太贴切了!)
An apt description of XX. (对 XX 的描述恰如其分。)
Never has a title been more apt. (标题非常贴切。)
《经济学人》也常见,如:
Well begun, half done. That proverb, ascribed to Aristotle, seems an apt description of the art market—at least it is if a study of artistic careers, published this week in Science, is to be believed.
apt 的副词形式 aptly 也很常见,比如想说一个标题/名字起的好,就可以说“XX is aptly titled/named”。
apt作为形容词的其他含义: 易于...的,有...倾向的,灵敏的,聪明的, 灵巧的,适当的,敏捷
Paper is apt to catch fire. 纸容易着火。
He is apt to leave things about.
1. 翻译: 选择送花很少出错。
Flowers are an apt present for almost all the occasions.
(参考翻译:Flowers are an apt gift for nearly any occasion.)
2. 造句练习
场景: 用咖啡来提神,对于我来说没有什么作用。
造句: Coffee is not an apt choice for me as a kind of drink used for refreshing.
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