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well-taken

/wel-tey-kuhn/US // ˈwɛlˈteɪ kən //

恰到好处,说得好,妥当,很好

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : soundly logical; worthy of consideration: Her advice is well-taken.

Examples

  • The best comparison here for an American audience is, well, Internet stuff.

  • Then add in all bored people, as well as people whose job it is to report on celebrities.

  • The al Qaeda-linked gunmen shot back, but only managed to injure one officer before they were taken out.

  • The well, ghost or no ghost, is certainly a piece of history with a bold presence.

  • In front of this strange structure are two blank-faced, well-dressed models showing off the latest in European minimalism.

  • Mrs. Wurzel was quite right; they had been supplied, regardless of cost, from Messrs. Rochet and Stole's well-known establishment.

  • A little boy of four was moved to passionate grief at the sight of a dead dog taken from a pond.

  • The big room at King's Warren Parsonage was already fairly well filled.

  • The country is well inhabited, for it contains fifty-one cities, near a hundred walled towns, and a great number of villages.

  • Of course, considerations of weight have to be taken into account, but the more mould round the roots the better.