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properness

/prop-er/US // ˈprɒp ər //UK // (ˈprɒpə) //

适当性,正当性,正确性,恰当性

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : adapted or appropriate to the purpose or circumstances; fit; suitable: the proper time to plant strawberries.
    • : conforming to established standards of behavior or manners; correct or decorous: a very proper young man.
    • : fitting; right: It was only proper to bring a gift.
    • : strictly belonging or applicable: the proper place for a stove.
    • : belonging or pertaining exclusively or distinctly to a person, thing, or group.
    • : strict; accurate: proper pronunciation.
    • : in the strict sense of the word: Shellfish do not belong to the fishes proper. Is the school within Boston proper or in the suburbs?
    • : Grammar. designating a particular person or thing and written in English with an initial capital letter, as Joan, Chicago, Monday, American.having the force or function of a proper name: a proper adjective.
    • : normal or regular.
    • : belonging to oneself or itself; own.
    • : Chiefly British Informal. complete or thorough: a proper thrashing.
    • : Ecclesiastical. used only on a particular day or festival: the proper introit.
    • : Heraldry. depicted in its natural colors: an oak tree proper.
    • : Informal. excellent; capital; fine.good-looking or handsome.
    • : Mathematics. not equal to the whole set.
    • : Archaic. of good character; respectable.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : Informal. thoroughly; completely.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Ecclesiastical. a special office or special parts of an office appointed for a particular day or time.

Synonyms & Antonyms

noundecency

Examples

  • Self-isolation in combination with easily available testing could be an excellent way to tamp down both viruses—according to epidemiologists, proper testing is a big factor in helping us return to relative normality.

  • You know, being able to tell right away if there’s irregular activity and report it to the proper authorities, that’s really an important part of the role that we play.

  • Other vaccines bring in a unique, representative piece of the virus—a protein or a polysaccharide—that isn’t harmful, but still inspires the proper immune response.

  • They will also touch on new forecasting abilities with Google Analytics that have just been launched and proper measurement.

  • Besides, proper implementation of VSM enables the following benefits.

  • We need to recover and grow the idea that the proper answer to bad speech is more and better speech.

  • He could deliver a quick, effective speech, or hold a proper press conference.

  • And so, he says he left prison without proper ID, just his release papers and the “dress-out gear” he was given by the state.

  • But those incidents are due to mistakes and leaks, not proper fracking procedures.

  • A portrait of him was done once in which the collar point was made to sit in its proper place.

  • She herself had worn them in her youth, and they were the proper bonnets for "growing girls."

  • That it is a reasonable and proper thing to ask our statesmen and politicians: what is going to happen to the world?

  • And this summer it seemed to her that she never would be able to take proper care of her nestful of children.

  • Seen thus poverty became rather a blessing than a curse, or at least a dispensation prescribing the proper lot of man.

  • Not only are they required to do things in a proper orderly manner, but people have to treat them with due deference.