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单词 befitting
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Definition of befitting in English:

befitting

adjective bɪˈfɪtɪŋbəˈfɪdɪŋ
  • Appropriate to the occasion.

    a country which can run the prestigious tournament in a befitting manner
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She has given befitting names to two of her shops:.
    • The government has also arranged programmes to observe the day in a befitting manner.
    • Similarly, if a husband decides to part ways with his wife he is directed to do so in a befitting manner.
    • Our forces are fully capable to give a befitting reply to our enemy.
    • What could be more befitting tribute than a poignant musical evening, bejeweled with similar soothing melodies, to a person for whom music was soul in itself.
    • That is a mortal trait, not a befitting attribute for an angel.
    • In the wake of any aggression, we are capable of giving a befitting reply.
    • Recently, our family has been discussing what would be a befitting, honorable tribute to his life.
    • It was felt that the organization should ensure that people know about Human rights and get their rights in a befitting manner.
    • For the National Symphony Orchestra, it might be befitting to continue with an American conductor (the type that also knows the fund-raising business best in the country).
    • What a befitting gift.
    • Indeed what a befitting gift for us from his government.
    • The English translation, as expected, is splendid in its attempt at tracking the most befitting word and word order.
    • And I thought she couldn't have looked, actually - dare I use the word more regal, and very well-suited and befitting for the occasion.
    • I personally appeal for the exhibition of honesty by our kingmakers in the selection of a befitting personality for the kingly crown.
    • Perhaps the words labour of love are used too often, as those three words are no more befitting than they are right here.
    • We should play our part by communicating what we think is more befitting.
    • It was a befitting gift to a great mentor by an equally grateful disciple.
    • But though they put on their best face, And tried to cover their disgrace, Folks thought it a befitting place For them, up in a Hayloft.

Derivatives

  • befittingly

  • adverb
    • The doors, befittingly, were huge, wooden monstrosities that creaked and led into a small atrium, with two more doors at the other end.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Ali stepped over the hill, carrying herself befittingly of the princess she looked like.
      • The day was the climax of elaborate festivities to commemorate, and befittingly so, Zambia's peaceful journey of 40 years.
      • The majority of the audience was represented by parents of children who are currently in grades 11 or 12, and who will be the guinea pigs, as one mother befittingly put it, for the new admissions systems.
      • It's befittingly big, long and full of intense twists and turns.
 
 

Definition of befitting in US English:

befitting

adjectivebəˈfɪdɪŋbəˈfidiNG
  • Appropriate to the occasion.

    a country which can run the prestigious tournament in a befitting manner
    Example sentencesExamples
    • We should play our part by communicating what we think is more befitting.
    • What could be more befitting tribute than a poignant musical evening, bejeweled with similar soothing melodies, to a person for whom music was soul in itself.
    • Indeed what a befitting gift for us from his government.
    • Recently, our family has been discussing what would be a befitting, honorable tribute to his life.
    • For the National Symphony Orchestra, it might be befitting to continue with an American conductor (the type that also knows the fund-raising business best in the country).
    • In the wake of any aggression, we are capable of giving a befitting reply.
    • Our forces are fully capable to give a befitting reply to our enemy.
    • It was a befitting gift to a great mentor by an equally grateful disciple.
    • Similarly, if a husband decides to part ways with his wife he is directed to do so in a befitting manner.
    • What a befitting gift.
    • And I thought she couldn't have looked, actually - dare I use the word more regal, and very well-suited and befitting for the occasion.
    • It was felt that the organization should ensure that people know about Human rights and get their rights in a befitting manner.
    • Perhaps the words labour of love are used too often, as those three words are no more befitting than they are right here.
    • The government has also arranged programmes to observe the day in a befitting manner.
    • But though they put on their best face, And tried to cover their disgrace, Folks thought it a befitting place For them, up in a Hayloft.
    • She has given befitting names to two of her shops:.
    • That is a mortal trait, not a befitting attribute for an angel.
    • I personally appeal for the exhibition of honesty by our kingmakers in the selection of a befitting personality for the kingly crown.
    • The English translation, as expected, is splendid in its attempt at tracking the most befitting word and word order.
 
 
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