单词：suffices
音标：[səˈfaisiz] ；
v. 足够( suffice的第三人称单数 ); 满足…的需要
v be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
suffice的用法和样例：
例句
用作不及物动词(vi.)
- The rations will suffice until next week.这些口粮足够吃到下星期。
- An hour should suffice for the journey.这点路程一小时足够了。
- The rules will suffice for all ordinary needs.这些规定将能满足所有一般场合的需要。
用作及物动词(vt.)
- Two meals a day suffice an old man.老人一天二餐就足够了。
常见句型
用作动词(v.)
用作不及物动词S+～(+A)- Will ten dollars suffice?10美元够了吗?
- Your word will suffice.有你的承诺就足够了。
- A simple answer will suffice.一个简单的答案就足够了。
- The money will suffice to keep her alive.这些钱足以维持她的生活。
- No words will suffice to convey his grief.他的悲伤是无法用言词表达的。
- One glass suffices me.一杯就够我喝的了。
- Half a dozen sufficed her.半打使她满足了。
- One meal a day won't suffice a growing boy.一天一顿饭满足不了一个正在发育中的孩子的需要。 1
- They are not sufficed.他们没有吃饭。
- Suffice it that without leisure there is no liberty.无闲暇何来自由——说这一句话就够了。
- Suffice it that the manager is very satisfied with the work.只要说经理对这项工作表示满意就足够了。
- Suffice it to say that it was a complete success.只要说这是一个完全的成功就够了。
常用短语
用作动词(v.)
suffice for (v.+prep.)- 足够…之用〔需要〕 be enough for (sb/sth such as one's needs)suffice for sb/sth
The food didn't suffice for them.
食物不够他们吃。
My salary suffices for our basic needs.
我的工资能满足我们基本生活的需要。
The stock in hand will suffice for five days.
现有的存货仅够供应五天。
词汇搭配
用作动词 (v.)
～+介词- suffice for足够…之用〔需要〕
- suffice for one's basic needs够某人基本生活的需要
经典引文
Wages which..barely sufficed for the necessaries of his household.
出自：E. WaughIt will suffice..to recall the highlights of the talks.
出自：G. F. KennanThis period of less than a week sufficed to start rumours.
出自：D. Lessing
【近义词】