suit
suit 英 [su:t] 美 [sut]
v. 适合；适宜 n. 套装；诉讼
进行时:suiting 过去式:suited 过去分词:suited 第三人称单数:suits 名词复数:suits
- Among many other meanings, a suit is a jacket and pants that match — formalwear for men. Suits are well-suited (appropriate) for some jobs and formal events, like a funeral.
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- v. 适合；适宜
- n. 套装；诉讼
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1. a business suit
公务装
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2. a three-piece suit
一套三件式西装
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3. a diving suit
潜水服
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4. a suit of armour
一套盔甲
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5. a divorce suit
离婚诉讼
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6. to file/bring a suit against sb
控告某人
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7. If we met at 2, would that suit you?
我们两点钟见面，你方便吗？
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8. If you want to go by bus, that suits me fine.
要是你想坐公共汽车走，那对我也合适。
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9. It suits me to start work at a later time.
对我来说，最好晚一点再开始工作。
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10. I don't think this coat really suits me.
我觉得这件大衣不大适合我穿。
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11. This hot weather doesn't suit me.
天这么热，我真受不了。
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12. ‘I think I'll stay in this evening.’ ‘Suit yourself!’
“今晚我就不出去了。”“随你的便！”
- suit (n.) c. 1300, sute, also suete, suite, seute, "a band of followers; a retinue, company;" also "set of matching garments" worn by such persons, "matching livery or uniform;" hence " kind, sort; the same kind, a match;" also "pursuit, chase," and in law, "obligation (of a tenant) to attend court; attendance at court," from Anglo-French suit, siwete, from Old French suite, sieute "pursuit, act of following, hunt; retinue; assembly" (12c., Modern French suite), from Vulgar Latin *sequita, fem. of *sequitus, from Latin secutus, past participle of sequi "to attend, follow" (from PIE root *sekw- (1) "to follow").
- suit (v.) "be agreeable or convenient, fall in with the views of," 1570s, from suit (n.), perhaps from the notion of "join a retinue clad in like clothes." Earlier "seek out" (mid-15c.); "be becoming" (mid-14c.). Meaning "make agreeable or convenient" is from 1590s. Meaning "provide with clothes" is from 1570s; that of "dress oneself" is from 1590s; with up (adv.) from 1945. Expression suit yourself attested by 1851. Related: Suited; suiting.
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