適當?shù)?合適的;恰當?shù)?/div>
Something that is appropriate is suitable or acceptable for a particular situation.
例句
It is appropriate that Irish names dominate the list...
名單上大部分是愛爾蘭名字，這沒什么不合適的。
Dress neatly and attractively in an outfit appropriate to the job...
著裝要整潔美觀，適合于這份工作。
VERB
私占；侵吞；盜用；挪用
If someone appropriates something which does not belong to them, they take it, usually without the right to do so.
例句
Several other newspapers have appropriated the idea...
另外有幾家報社已盜用了這個創(chuàng)意。
The land was simply appropriated by the rulers.
土地完全被統(tǒng)治者霸占。
VERB
撥出（專款）
If a government or organization appropriates an amount of money for a particular purpose, it reserves it for that purpose.
例句
Senator Lugar is skeptical that Congress will appropriate more funding for this purpose.
參議員盧格懷疑國會是否會撥出更多資金用于此目的。
英英詞典釋義