英语词汇“suffice”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

sufficesuffice /səˈfaɪs/ ●○○ verb [not in progressive]

ETYMOLOGYsuffice

Origin: 1300-1400 Old French suffire, from Latin sufficere to put under, suffice, from sub- ( ➔ SUB-) + facere to make, do

VERB TABLE

suffice

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	suffice
	he, she, it	suffices
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	sufficed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have sufficed
	he, she, it	has sufficed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had sufficed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will suffice
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have sufficed

1[intransitive] formal to be enough: A one-page letter should suffice.suffice to do something A single example will suffice to make the point.2suffice (it) to say (that) used to say that the statement that follows is enough to explain what you mean, even though you could say more: Suffice it to say that it didn’t go well.