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单词 apposite
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Definition of apposite in English:

apposite

adjective ˈapəzɪtˈæpəzət
  • Apt in the circumstances or in relation to something.

    an apposite quotation
    the observations are apposite to the discussion
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Although not what the musicians intended, the dirge provided a wholly apposite soundtrack for a truly lamentable second half performance.
    • The comments I earlier made concerning the biography of the subject ladder are equally apposite the present circumstances.
    • There are gorgeous backing vocals and the usual apposite soundbites.
    • Throwing him to the lions might have been more apposite.
    • It couldn't have come at a more apposite moment.
    • It is an apposite example, without being the most obvious.
    • There are plenty of apposite biblical quotations, and a series of questions by way of recapitulation and meditation at the end of each chapter.
    • All this makes him an apposite starting point for those on the far right in search of intellectual sugarcoating.
    • There may have been an apposite cover-photo, I may have read the volume, but can now recall only the title's phrase.
    • Another example of the apposite quotation comes from our Dutch observer of nineteenth-century Mecca.
    • It's a good sentiment, and apposite, but only when you operate close to the true meaning of the word ‘unite.’
    • It is quite apparent that this is not an apposite circumstance in which mandatory relief ought to be granted.
    • There is some chant, popular among small children, about inflammable trouserings, which seems apposite at this point.
    • In few areas of life, I suggest, is this warning more apposite than in relation to writing and publishing.
    • Such considerations are particularly apposite in relation to Glastonbury.
    • Question all the buzzwords and you will find that ‘buzz’ is the apposite one - a long low humming which conveys no meaning.
    • The graphics too are both simple and apposite, although some of the attractive backgrounds can occasionally distract from the levels themselves.
    • Two years later, the comparison still seems apposite.
    • What could be more apposite, more relevant to our predicament as a nation, today?
    • If this does come about, the ensuing paralysis will surely be an apposite commentary on the unhappy state of affairs we have reached where no party seems to deserve to govern us.
    Synonyms
    appropriate, suitable, fitting, apt, befitting
    relevant, pertinent, to the point, to the purpose, applicable, germane, material, congruous, felicitous
    Latin ad rem
    formal appurtenant

Derivatives

  • appositely

  • adverbˈapəzɪtliˈæpəzətli
    • Popularly mooted ‘Governance Reform’ in the South Asian subcontinent should appositely commence from the leadership ranks.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They have talked late into the night, and, appositely, it is now dawn.
      • More appositely, it makes a fine partner to the Bin 65 Chardonnay if you intend to serve a heavily spiced leg of lamb tomorrow.
      • The breeding female and male will differ appositely in some traits, female legs require a more slender appearance than the strong bone required for a bull calf.
      • The sketches take the reader into our lurid political past, the author tossing out the appositely tongue-in-cheek quote, the well-informed political parallel abroad.
  • appositeness

  • nounˈapəzɪtnəsˈæpəzətnəs
    • It consists in a number of key words selected for their central appositeness but expanded in use to embrace large spheres of meaning.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The appositeness, the sheer attention to detail, of every facial expression, every frame, is consumate, and eminently readable.
      • It's not a book I've read, so I can't comment on the appositeness or otherwise of the result.
      • There are places where the funniness grates, but they are outnumbered by the quips that make you laugh aloud at their appositeness, not merely to 1793 but to our current condition.
      • Line after line, image after image, dazzles with its appositeness and brilliance.

Origin

Late 16th century: from Latin appositus, past participle of apponere 'apply', from ad- 'towards' + ponere 'put'.

 
 

Definition of apposite in US English:

apposite

adjectiveˈæpəzətˈapəzət
  • Apt in the circumstances or in relation to something.

    an apposite quotation
    the observations are apposite to the discussion
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is an apposite example, without being the most obvious.
    • The comments I earlier made concerning the biography of the subject ladder are equally apposite the present circumstances.
    • There is some chant, popular among small children, about inflammable trouserings, which seems apposite at this point.
    • There may have been an apposite cover-photo, I may have read the volume, but can now recall only the title's phrase.
    • There are gorgeous backing vocals and the usual apposite soundbites.
    • The graphics too are both simple and apposite, although some of the attractive backgrounds can occasionally distract from the levels themselves.
    • In few areas of life, I suggest, is this warning more apposite than in relation to writing and publishing.
    • All this makes him an apposite starting point for those on the far right in search of intellectual sugarcoating.
    • Such considerations are particularly apposite in relation to Glastonbury.
    • Although not what the musicians intended, the dirge provided a wholly apposite soundtrack for a truly lamentable second half performance.
    • It's a good sentiment, and apposite, but only when you operate close to the true meaning of the word ‘unite.’
    • Throwing him to the lions might have been more apposite.
    • There are plenty of apposite biblical quotations, and a series of questions by way of recapitulation and meditation at the end of each chapter.
    • It is quite apparent that this is not an apposite circumstance in which mandatory relief ought to be granted.
    • It couldn't have come at a more apposite moment.
    • Question all the buzzwords and you will find that ‘buzz’ is the apposite one - a long low humming which conveys no meaning.
    • If this does come about, the ensuing paralysis will surely be an apposite commentary on the unhappy state of affairs we have reached where no party seems to deserve to govern us.
    • Another example of the apposite quotation comes from our Dutch observer of nineteenth-century Mecca.
    • Two years later, the comparison still seems apposite.
    • What could be more apposite, more relevant to our predicament as a nation, today?
    Synonyms
    appropriate, suitable, fitting, apt, befitting

Origin

Late 16th century: from Latin appositus, past participle of apponere ‘apply’, from ad- ‘towards’ + ponere ‘put’.

 
 
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