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appropriator

/adjective uh-proh-pree-it; verb uh-proh-pree-eyt/US // adjective əˈproʊ pri ɪt; verb əˈproʊ priˌeɪt //

拨款人,拨款者,拨款员,批款人

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.: an appropriate example;an appropriate dress.
    • : belonging to or peculiar to a person; proper: Each played his appropriate part.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    ap·pro·pri·at·ed, ap·pro·pri·at·ing.

    • : to set apart, authorize, or legislate for some specific purpose or use: The legislature appropriated funds for the university.
    • : to take to or for oneself; take possession of.
    • : to take without permission or consent; seize; expropriate: He appropriated the trust funds for himself.
    • : to steal, especially to commit petty theft.

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Examples

  • It seems appropriate that “Antebellum,” the new thriller about the ongoing impact of racial injustice in America, literally started as a nightmare.

  • Your SEO content has to contain an appropriate amount of relevant keywords, entities, and images for the length of the copy.

  • The coronavirus pandemic and the restaurant industry’s “uphill battle” were the given reasons that an award show just didn’t seem appropriate.

  • Moving away from the executive level, it is also important that investors engage with companies about their expectations for all staff to have a living wage, access to health care, sick leave, and appropriate holiday entitlements.

  • I don’t think you can culturally appropriate a food product unless you’re profiting off of it.

  • I think the response of the French government so far has been pretty appropriate in that regard.

  • The art of leadership is the ability to move between the two poles at the appropriate times.

  • One hundred days before the election seems appropriate time limit for a campaign.

  • It is indeed the human being's natural and appropriate response to danger.

  • The names of the three girls were entered into the appropriate databases, and their passports were flagged.

  • So they often occured mid-paragraph; here they have been moved to a more appropriate place.

  • Movement to know that she was attired in appropriate costume—short frock, biped continuations and a mannish oil-skin hat.

  • Application of gentle heat or appropriate chemicals will serve to differentiate them.

  • If you are of a different opinion, Mrs. Dodd, I will reconsider the matter; of course it would be most appropriate.

  • Track of the count may be kept by placing a mark for each leukocyte in its appropriate column, ruled upon paper.