Word · CEFR A2 · Frequency #883
appropriate
据为己有；擅自占用；侵占
to take or claim something for yourself, especially without permission or by force
常指未经允许或通过武力占有
- 1.
To take to oneself; to claim or use, especially as by an exclusive right.
据为己有；声称或使用,尤其是通过专有权
- 2.
give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
将资源分配给特定的人或事业
- 3.
To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, especially in exclusion of all others; with to or for.
拨出或分配给特定的人或用途,尤其是排除其他所有人；与“to”或“for”连用。
- 4.
take possession of by force, as after an invasion
通过武力占有,如在入侵后
拨给；拨出；划拨；据为己有；声称或使用,尤其是通过专有权；将资源分配给特定的人或事业；拨出或分配给特定的人或用途,尤其是排除其他所有人；与“to”或“for”连用。；通过武力占有,如在入侵后
In use
He appropriated the company's funds for his own use.
The committee appropriated a large sum for the new library.
She appropriated my idea without asking me.
Verb forms
base appropriate · third person appropriates · -ing appropriating · past appropriated · past participle appropriated
注意：该动词规则变化，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
Connections
Collocations
- appropriate funds
- 拨出资金
- The government appropriated funds for the new hospital.政府为新建医院拨出了资金。
- appropriate property
- 侵占财产
- He appropriated company property for his own use.他把公司财产占为己有。
- appropriate resources
- 调拨资源
- The university appropriated resources to support research.大学调拨资源以支持研究。
- appropriate a sum
- 划拨一笔款项
- The committee appropriated a sum of $5,000 for the event.委员会为这次活动划拨了5000美元。
- appropriate someone's idea
- 盗用某人的想法
- She appropriated her colleague's idea without giving credit.她盗用了同事的想法而未注明来源。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆联想：'appropri-+ate'，联想到 property（财产）：要么把财产占为己有，要么把资源拨给某用途。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：legal documents、official reports、resource allocation appropriate 作动词时通常比较正式，多用于法律、行政或正式写作中，表示“拨给、划拨”或“擅自占用、据为己有”，日常口语中较少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
inappropriate 与 appropriate 押韵（结尾均为 /priət/）；expropriate 拼写相近，但结尾读作 /eɪt/，不押韵；approximate 和 proper 只是拼写略有相似，发音完全不同。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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。
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