音标:['prɒpә] ; 柯林斯词典等级:4 级; 牛津三千核心词汇;
a. 适当的, 固有的, 高尚的, 专属的
adv. 完全地, 彻底地
a. marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness
s. having all the qualities typical of the thing specified; not just a snack"
s. limited to the thing specified
s. appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person's character, needs

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词性分布:
形容词100%

proper的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. He could not come up with a proper answer.他想不出一个合适的回答。
  2. It's not proper for you to catch him up very short.你突然打断他的话是不恰当的。
  3. The company does not take proper fire precaution.公司未采取正当的防火措施。
  4. She hadn't had a proper holiday for years.多年来她都没有过真正的假期。

常见句型

用作形容词(adj.)
用作定语~+ n.
  1. That's not the proper way to stop the machine.用这种方式关掉机器是不妥当的。
  2. He gave us a proper example of it.他给我们举了它的一个恰当的例子。
  3. After proper consideration,I decide to accept him.经过适当的考虑后,我决定接受他。
  4. They will visit the country again at a proper time.他们将在适当的时候再度访问这个国家。
  5. He is a proper man for the position.他是一位适合任这个职务的人。
  6. We should find a proper place for a picnic.我们应找一合适的地方野餐。
  7. This is a proper opinion.这是个合理的意见。
  8. She's too ill to be nursed at home; she needs proper medical attention at a hospital.她病很重,不该在家里护理,她需要住院接受妥善护理。
  9. Does this watch keep proper time?这只表走得准吗?
  10. You don't know the proper way to hold a hammer.你不懂得正确握锤的方式。
  11. Are you doing it the proper way?你是在用正确的方法做那事吗?
  12. The reels of film were not in the proper order.电影的胶卷盘的顺序弄错了。
  13. His mother had trained him to be a very proper young man.他的母亲已经把他培养成一个非常得体的年轻人。
  14. She's not at all a proper person for you to know.她可不是正派人,你不应该结识她。
  15. After a very proper upbringing he chose to lead the Bohemian life of an artist.他受过正统的教育,却立意过着艺术家我行我素的生活。
  16. Underinvoicing is not the proper way of doing business.开假发票不是做生意的正当办法。
  17. Every animal has its proper instincts.动物各有其特有的本能。
  18. Please go to your proper seats.请回到你们自己的座位上去。
  19. He gave the burglar a proper hiding.他给了那窃贼一顿痛打。
  20. We've got ourselves into a proper mess.我们弄得自己狼狈不堪。
  21. I felt a proper fool.我觉得自己傻透了。
  22. You are a proper fool.你真是个大笨蛋。
  23. That guy is a proper terror.那家伙真是讨厌。
n. +~
  1. He said something proper to the occasion.他说了一些适合时宜的话。
  2. This is a book proper to this subject.这是一本专论这题目的书。
  3. It is the weather proper to the North.这是北方特有的天气。
  4. Many people call themselves Londoners though they live outside the city proper.许多人自称伦敦人,尽管他们住在伦敦市区的外面。
  5. The text proper stands on page 23.课文正文在第23页上。
  6. Shellfishes do not belong to the fishes proper.贝类严格说来不属于鱼类。
用作表语S+be+~
  1. Rudeness to the old is not proper.对老人粗鲁是不适当的。
  2. Laughing and joking at a funeral are not proper.在葬礼时大笑与开玩笑是不妥的。
S+be+~+ prep .-phrase
  1. Short trousers are not proper at a dance.舞会上穿短裤不成体统。
  2. His speech is proper for the occasion.他的发言在那个场合很适当。
  3. The nesting instinct is proper to birds.筑巢是鸟类本能。
S+be+~+(that/)wh-clause
  1. It is proper that you should ask your father.你当然应该问你的父亲。
  2. Why are you surprised?It's proper that his wife should inherit all his property.你为何觉得惊奇?他的妻子继承他的全部财产是合理的。
It is/was+~+to- v
  1. It isn't proper to act like that.那样的行为是不恰当的。
  2. It isn't proper to visit a friend at this late hour.这么晚去拜访朋友是不合适的。

常用短语

用作形容词(adj.)
in one's proper person
    亲自,亲身 personally

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)
~+名词
  • proper authorization适当授权
  • proper behaviour得体的行为
  • proper children循规蹈矩的孩子们
  • proper instincts本能
  • proper man美男子
  • proper role恰当作用
  • proper time恰当时间
  • proper tool for the job适合这种工作的工具
  • proper way适当方式
名词+~
  • city proper市区本身
  • London proper伦敦市区
  • the dictionary proper词典正文
副词+~
  • conventionally proper在习惯上是适当的
  • socially proper在社交方面是合适的
动词+~
  • think proper认为合适
~+介词
  • proper for适合…的
  • proper for occasion适于这个场合,合时宜
  • clothes proper for the occasion适合于这种场合的衣服
  • proper to专属的,专为…的,独特的
  • books proper to this subject专论此问题的书

经典引文

  • A certain number of peculiarities in their system of vowels and consonants: these must have been proper to the original Anglo-Frisian language.

    出自:P. Sipma

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