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To befit someone or something is to be proper or suitable for them — the right size of behaviour, dress, or honour. “Silence befits a library.” “She wore the calm that befits a judge.” It is formal and a little old-fashioned; in speech we say “is right for” or “suits.” A very common shape is as befits: “He spoke simply, as befits a good teacher.” Though actually we use it more about dignity and manners than about clothes that fit your body — that plainer job still belongs to fit. You will mostly see it in writing, ceremonies, and slightly grand talk. It is not a word for “help” or “do good to”; that is a different cousin in sound.
相稱、適合(文雅;指身分、場合該有的樣子)。
組成be- + fit: to be fitting for someone. The fit here is “right, suitable,” not only “the right size.”
同家族的字
- fitthe same fit as in “this fits the occasion”
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。
befitverb/bɪˈfɪt/
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to be fit for
- His conduct was not befitting an officer of his station.
- Clarke's side roared back with courage and belief befitting a team who had held their nerve in two shootouts to get here.
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。