- 1rB2
/əˈproʊpriətli/ · /əˈprəʊpriətli/
In a way that is right for a particular time, situation, or purpose — the way you do something, wear something, or answer someone when it fits the occasion you are in.
適當地；恰當地；得體地
核心畫面
One way to picture it: a lid that matches the pot. The thing itself is not good or bad — it just fits this particular container, this particular moment. Wear a suit to a wedding and it fits; wear the same suit to the beach and nothing changed about the suit, only the occasion it was dropped into.
「蓋子剛好蓋上那個鍋子」。東西本身沒有好壞，只是它剛好貼合眼前這個場合、這個對象、這個目的。同一套西裝，穿去婚禮是合…更多收起
「蓋子剛好蓋上那個鍋子」。東西本身沒有好壞，只是它剛好貼合眼前這個場合、這個對象、這個目的。同一套西裝，穿去婚禮是合的，穿去海邊就不合了——西裝沒變，變的是它被放進去的那個場合。appropriately 描述的一直是這個「對得上」的關係，而不是東西本身的品質。原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
appropriatelyadv
- 1
In an appropriate manner; properly; suitably.
- He closes the foreword by acknowledging that his proposals would have far-reaching impacts on railway staff, communities and industry - and passes the buck onto government to ensure that these consequences are managed appropriately.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。