| 单词 | adequately |
| 释义 | adequately (once / 1630 pages) adv Something has been done adequately when basic requirements are fulfilled. Passing your driver's test probably means you parallel parked adequately; if not, you may have knocked over some cones. The adverb adequately is a synonym for sufficiently, or suitably. If you've adequately fulfilled your course requirements, you're probably neither the best nor the worst student in the class. But you've definitely done well enough that you can pass — so doing something adequately is generally a positive thing, unless you're an overachiever, in which case you might not like that description at all! WORD FAMILYadequate: adequacy, adequately, adequateness, inadequate+/adequacy: adequacies, inadequacy/inadequacy: inadequacies/inadequate: inadequately, inadequateness USAGE EXAMPLESUnfortunately, the medical community supported the idea and encouraged us to seek care for minor conditions we once cared for quite adequately ourselves. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) But my stories don’t adequately capture the day-to-day travel experiences between them. Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) A: Because of the state funding shortfall, we can’t adequately pay faculty … no matter what, whether they’re in transfer programs or in workforce programs. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) adv in an adequate manner or to an adequate degree he was adequately prepared Ant inadequately in an inadequate manner or to an inadequate degree |
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