suffice

英[sə'faɪs] 美[sə'faɪs]
  • vt. 使满足;足够…用;合格
  • vi. 足够;有能力

词态变化


第三人称单数: suffices;过去式: sufficed;过去分词: sufficed;现在分词: sufficing;

助记提示


1、suf- "up to" + fic- + -e.
2、表示制造、制作、生产了足够的量。

中文词源


suffice 使足够,足以

suf-,在下,向上,-fic,做,词源同 fact,efficient.引申词义做到足够,使足够,足以。

英文词源


suffice (v.)
early 14c. (intransitive); late 14c. (transitive), from present participle stem of Old French sofire "be sufficient, satisfy" (Modern French suffire), from Latin sufficere "put under, lay a foundation under; supply as a substitute; be enough, be adequate," from sub "up to" (see sub-) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Phrase suffice it to say (1690s) is a rare surviving subjunctive.

双语例句


1. Suffice to say, it was more than a couple of years ago!
我只想说,那是几年前的事了!

来自柯林斯例句

2. Suffice it to say that afterwards we never met again.
简单地说,此后我们再也没有见过面。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Generally a brief note or a phone call will suffice.
通常写个便条或打个电话就足够了。

来自《权威词典》

4. This single item will suffice to typify all the rest.
即此一端,可概其余.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5. Suffice it to say that the gun was his.
只要说那枝枪是他的就够了.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》