suffice

英 [sə'faɪs] 美 [sə'faɪs]

• vi. 足够；使满足
• vt. 使 ... 足够

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. (使)满足; 足够

   (cause to) meet the needs of; be enough

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. <旧>有能力
2. 足够
3. 满足…的需要
4. 【文】使满足
5. 足以
6. 合格
7. 使 ... 足够

英英释义

Verb:

1. be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity;

   "A few words would answer"
   "This car suits my purpose well"
   "Will $100 do?"
   "A 'B' grade doesn't suffice to get me into medical school"
   "Nothing else will serve"
   

例句

用作不及物动词 (vi.)

1. The rations will suffice until next week.
   这些口粮足够吃到下星期。
2. An hour should suffice for the journey.
   这点路程一小时足够了。
3. The rules will suffice for all ordinary needs.
   这些规定将能满足所有一般场合的需要。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. Two meals a day suffice an old man.
   老人一天二餐就足够了。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. Will ten dollars suffice?10
   美元够了吗?
2. Your word will suffice.
   有你的承诺就足够了。
3. A simple answer will suffice.
   一个简单的答案就足够了。
4. The money will suffice to keep her alive.
   这些钱足以维持她的生活。
5. No words will suffice to convey his grief.
   他的悲伤是无法用言词表达的。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. One glass suffices me.
   一杯就够我喝的了。
2. Half a dozen sufficed her.
   半打使她满足了。
3. One meal a day won't suffice a growing boy.
   一天一顿饭满足不了一个正在发育中的孩子的需要。
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4. They are not sufficed.
   他们没有吃饭。

其他

Suffice it (to say) that...

1. Suffice it that without leisure there is no liberty.
   无闲暇何来自由——说这一句话就够了。
2. Suffice it that the manager is very satisfied with the work.
   只要说经理对这项工作表示满意就足够了。
3. Suffice it to say that it was a complete success.
   只要说这是一个完全的成功就够了。

经典引文

• Wages which..barely sufficed for the necessaries of his household.

  出自： E. Waugh

• It will suffice..to recall the highlights of the talks.

  出自： G. F. Kennan

• This period of less than a week sufficed to start rumours.

  出自： D. Lessing

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

suffice for (v.+prep.)

足够…之用〔需要〕 be enough for (sb/sth such as one's needs)
suffice for sb/sth
The food didn't suffice for them.

食物不够他们吃。
My salary suffices for our basic needs.

我的工资能满足我们基本生活的需要。
The stock in hand will suffice for five days.

现有的存货仅够供应五天。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+介词

• suffice for 足够…之用〔需要〕
• suffice for one's basic needs 够某人基本生活的需要

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. suffice的基本意思是“(使)满足”“足够…之需要”。既可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时,其主语常常是物,宾语一般是人; 用作不及物动词时,常与介词for连用,表示“足够…之用〔需要〕”。
2. suffice可用于被动结构,常表示“对(食物等的)满足”。
3. suffice还常用于Suffice it (to say) that...结构中,意为“只要说…就够了”。

近反义词

【近义词】

• serve 服务
• do 做
• suit 套装
• avail 有利
• answer 回答
• gratify 使满足
• fill 装满
• satiate 使饱足
• please 请（=plz）
• appease 安抚
• sate 使心满意足
• satisfy 使满意
• saturate 使浸透
• assuage 缓和
• fulfil 实践
• content 内容
• quench 熄灭
• slake 消除
• fill the bill 满足要求
• do the trick 达到目的
• adequate 足够的
• be 有
• the 那
• trick 诡计
• bill 帐单
• sufficient 足够的
• enough 足够的