Word · Frequency #12492
adequacy
足够；充分；胜任
The quality of being sufficient, adequate, or able to meet needs.
- 1.
The quality of being sufficient, adequate or able to meet the needs.
充分性,适当性,满足需要的能力
充分性,适当性,满足需要的能力；适当；足够
In use
The government is reviewing the adequacy of the current healthcare system.
She questioned the adequacy of the evidence presented in court.
The adequacy of the water supply is critical for the new development.
the adequacy of sth
The adequacy of the new system was called into question.
新系统的适当性受到了质疑。
question the adequacy of sth
Experts questioned the adequacy of the safety measures.
专家们质疑安全措施的充分性。
ensure the adequacy of sth
We must ensure the adequacy of our emergency supplies.
我们必须确保应急物资的充足性。
adequacy for sth
Her adequacy for the position was never in doubt.
她胜任这个职位的能力从未受到怀疑。
Connections
Collocations
- capital adequacy
- 资本充足率
- The bank failed to meet the capital adequacy requirements.这家银行未能满足资本充足率要求。
- data adequacy
- 数据充分性
- Data adequacy is crucial for international data transfers.数据充分性对国际数据传输至关重要。
- adequacy assessment
- 充分性评估
- The agency conducted an adequacy assessment of the new system.该机构对新系统进行了充分性评估。
- assess the adequacy of
- 评估……的充分性
- We need to assess the adequacy of our emergency plans.我们需要评估应急计划的充分性。
- ensure the adequacy of
- 确保……的充分性
- The company ensures the adequacy of its safety measures.公司确保其安全措施的充分性。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 adequate（足够的）：把词尾 -ate 换成 -cy，就得到 adequacy，意思是“足够、充分”。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：academic writing、official reports、professional assessment adequacy 多用于正式或书面语境（如学术写作、报告和评估），日常口语中表达“足够/充分”时更常用 enough 或 sufficient。
Grammar Note
作'足够'时通常不可数，但也可用作可数名词指代具体事例
Pronunciation & Spelling
Only inadequacy truly rhymes with adequacy (both end in /ˈædɪkwəsi/). Words like accuracy, delicacy, advocacy, legacy, and privacy are spelling lookalikes with the same -acy ending, but their stressed vowels differ (e.g., accuracy /ˈækjərəsi/, delicacy /ˈdɛlɪkəsi/, advocacy /ˈædvəkəsi/, legacy /ˈlɛɡəsi/, privacy /ˈpraɪvəsi/), so they do not rhyme with adequacy.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.