適當(dāng)?shù)?，合適的(suitable for a particular person，condition，occasion or place)[A(to/for)]：at the～time 在適當(dāng)?shù)臅r(shí)候;complain to the～authority 向有關(guān)當(dāng)局申訴;～clothes 得體的衣服;music～to the occasion適合這種場合的音樂;speech～to the situation適合這種情境的講話;style～to the subject適合這種題目的措辭;～clothes for the weather/the journey 適合于這天氣/這次旅行的衣服;(clothes) be～for a funeral/a formal wedding/school wear(衣服)適合于葬禮/正式的婚禮/在學(xué)校穿;be～on such an occasion/in the present circumstances 適合于這種場合/目前情況;It seemed～to keep silent.看來緘口不語是合適的。〖同〗suitable，proper，fitting;〖反〗inappropriate，unsuitable，improper，unfitting;
→ap′propriately adv 適當(dāng)(合)地;ap-′propriateness n 適當(dāng)，合適;
【用法】appropriate后接固定搭配的介詞to(讀時(shí)appropriate前有一自然停頓);其后也可接用作狀語的其他介詞短語，如：for，in，on(此時(shí)appropriate與這些介詞短語之間有一自然停頓)。