apposite
apposite 英 [ˈæpəzɪt] 美 [ˈæpəzɪt]
adj. 适当的；贴切的
- Something apposite is fitting or relevant. It is apposite that radio stations play Christmas carols on Christmas Eve, and that your tax accountant takes vacation after April 15th. It all makes sense.
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- adj. 适当的；贴切的
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1. From voting reform to CCTV, from Trident to the debates, there’s a perfect Orwell quotation, apposite, terse and oracular, just waiting to be plucked out and flourished.
从选举改革，到闭路监视电视，从战斗机到争论，总有一条完美的奥维尔谏言，适当，简洁，神谕似的，就在那边等着被拔找出来，接着繁华开去。
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2. Just make sure they’re original, clever and apposite, and don’t involve some infantile banter with your co-commentator about an open goal he missed two decades ago.
但是得保证这些玩笑是原创的、诙谐的、贴切的。 别和你的搭档去谈及诸如他20年前错过了一个开场球此类的幼稚笑话。
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3. The phrase comes from a quote in the final paragraph, which is also worth repeating because it contains what may turn out to be the most apposite verdict on the whole affair.
这短语来自于文章的最后一段引用的话，在标题里也值得被重复一下，因为它包含了可能被证明是对整个事件最恰当的评判。
- apposite (adj.) 1620s, "well-put or applied, appropriate," from Latin appositus, adpositus "contiguous, neighboring;" figuratively "fit, proper, suitable," past participle of apponere "lay beside, set near," especially "serve, set before," also "put upon, apply," from ad "to, toward" (see ad-) + ponere "to place" (past participle positus; see position (n.)).
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