apropos
英 [,æprə'pəʊ; 'æprəpəʊ]
美[,æprə'po]
- adj. 恰好的；适当的
- adv. 恰好地；适当地；恰当地
- prep. 关于
助记提示
1. pro- + pos- => propos- "set forth, propose" => "thing said in conversation, talk; purpose, plan".
2. a- "to" + propos-.
3. 含义：opportunely, to the point or purpose, as regards.
4. from French à propos.
5. apposite <=> apropos.
2. a- "to" + propos-.
3. 含义：opportunely, to the point or purpose, as regards.
4. from French à propos.
5. apposite <=> apropos.
中文词源
apropos 相关的
前缀a-同ad-. 前缀pro-, 向前。词根pos, 放置，同pose. 有目的放置的，相关的。
英英释意
- 1. of an appropriate or pertinent nature
英文词源
- apropos (adv.)
- 1660s, "opportunely," from French à propos "to the purpose," from propos "thing said in conversation, talk; purpose, plan," from Latin propositium "purpose," past participle of proponere "to set forth, propose" (see propound). Meaning "as regards" is 1761, from French. As an adjective, "to the point or purpose," from 1690s.
实用场景例句
- Apropos (of) what you were just saying…
- 至于你刚才所说的…
牛津词典
- It was a verse from the book of Job. It was so apropos.
- 这是摘自乔布书中的一句诗，用得非常恰当。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Apropos Dudley Moore living in California he said, 'He loves the space, Californians have a lot of space.'
- 提到住在加利福尼亚的达德利·穆尔，他说：“他喜欢开阔，加利福尼亚人的生活空间非常开阔。”
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- George Orwell once asked, apropos of publishers, 'Why don't they just say, “We don't want your poems”?'
- 乔治·奥威尔一次提及出版商时曾问道：“为什么他们不干脆说，‘我们不想要你的诗作’？”
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- All my suggestions apropos the script were accepted...
- 我所有有关该剧本的建议均被采纳了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Your letter arrived apropos.
- 你的信来的正是时候.
期刊摘选
- However, a few people in forestall branch of China look apropos and contrary.
- 然而, 在中国的垄断部门中的一些人看来则恰好相反.
期刊摘选
- " This is a strange remark,'said she, " and apropos de bottes. "
- “ 这是种怪论, ” 她说, “ 而且前后所说毫无关联. ”
期刊摘选
- I thought he spoke very apropos.
- 我认为他说得很中肯.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- There is a butcher to cutting the flesh below apropos tree.
- 恰好树下有一个屠夫正在切肉.
期刊摘选
- He arrived very apropos.
- 他来得很及时.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The story was introduced apropos of nothing.
- 这一报道是凭空编造来的.
期刊摘选
- The opportunity is apropos when, can create, good luck is good circumstances, can not create.
- 机会是恰好的时候, 可以创造, 机遇则是好的境遇, 不可以创造.
期刊摘选
- Apropos, where were you yesterday?
- 顺便问一句, 你昨天在哪儿?
期刊摘选
- Your telegram comes apropos.
- 你的电报来得正是时候.
期刊摘选
- Shipwrecks are apropos of nothing.
- 船只失事总是来得出人意料.
辞典例句
- At this moment apropos a her male fellow student is riding a bike transient.
- 这时恰好她的一个男同学骑着自行车路过.
期刊摘选
- Mr Green went to see Mr White apropos of buying a house.
- 关于买房子的事,格林先生去找怀特先生去了.
期刊摘选
- Apropos my colleague's previous question about the Concorde Agreement.
- 关于我的同行问的那个协和协议的问题.
期刊摘选
- His suggestion is very much apropos.
- 他的建议非常适当.
辞典例句
- Apropos of closing night, we almost had a crisis.
- 演出的最后一晚, 我们几乎遭遇到一场危机.
期刊摘选
- Apropos, I have something to tell you.
- 顺便, 我有点事跟你说.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- She is too ostentatious, unmindful, apropos each other can be manacled without place.
- 她太招摇, 漫不经心, 恰好彼此都可以无所束缚.
期刊摘选
- You'll find the last paragraph extremely apropos.
- 你会觉得最后一段文字极为中肯.
辞典例句
- You speak quite apropos.
- 你说话很恰当.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- Space project motion is right now apropos 20 hours.
- 此时距离项目动议恰好20个小时.
期刊摘选
- Apropos of what you were just saying.
- 关于你刚才所说的话.
期刊摘选
- All my suggestions apropos the script were accepted.
- 我所有有关该剧本的建议均被采纳了。
辞典例句
- Apropos Dudley Moore living in California he said, "He loves the space, Californians have a lot of space."
- 提到住在加利福尼亚的达德利·穆尔，他说：“他喜欢开阔，加利福尼亚人的生活空间非常开阔。”
柯林斯例句