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单词 sufficient
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sufficient

adjective
 OPAL W
/səˈfɪʃnt/
/səˈfɪʃnt/
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  1. enough for a particular purpose; as much as you need
    • Allow sufficient time to get there.
    • One dose should be sufficient.
    • sufficient to do something These reasons are not sufficient to justify the ban.
    • Our budget is hardly sufficient to pay people, let alone buy any new equipment.
    • sufficient for something/somebody Is £100 sufficient for your expenses?
    • The salary proved sufficient for his needs.
    opposite insufficient see also self-sufficient
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • prove
    • seem
    adverb
    • quite
    • barely
    • hardly
    preposition
    • for
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    Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘legally satisfactory’): from Old French, or from Latin sufficient- ‘meeting the need of’, from sufficere ‘put under, meet the need of’, from sub- ‘under’ + facere ‘make’.
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