suffice
suffice 英 [səˈfaɪs] 美 [səˈfaɪs]
v. 足够；足以
进行时:sufficing 过去式:sufficed 过去分词:sufficed 第三人称单数:suffices
- To suffice is to be enough, in either quality or quantity. It may not be gourmet all the time, but if your food is healthy, it will suffice.
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- v. 足够；足以
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1. 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。
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2. One example will suffice to illustrate the point.
举一个例子就足以说明这一点。
- 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-) + combining form of facere "to make, to do" (from PIE root *dhe- "to set, put"). Phrase suffice it to say (1690s) is a rare surviving subjunctive.
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