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vi.足够,有能力 vt.使满足

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名词:sufficer 动词过去式:sufficed 过去分词:sufficed 现在分词:sufficing 第三人称单数:suffices

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fact=to make(做),to do(做,为) 变化型 fect

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suffice


/sə'faɪs; sə`faɪs/
v
1 [I, Ipr, It, Tn no passive 不用于被动语态] ~ (for sb/sth) (not in the continuous tenses 不用于进行时态) (fml 文) be enough (for sb/sth); be adequate 能满足(某人[某事物])之需要的; 足够的
*Will
10 suffice for the trip? 这趟行程10英镑够用吗?
* One warning sufficed to stop her doing it. 给她一次警告就足以制止她做那件事了.
* A light lunch should suffice me. 有一点儿午饭就够我吃了.
2 (idm 习语) suffice it to say (that)... (used to suggest that even though one could say more, what one does say should be enough to show what one means 用以指不必多说, 只须说...就够了)
*I won't go into all the depressing details; suffice it to say that the whole affair was an utter disaster. 我不必细说那些让人听了难受的事, 只说一句就够了, 整件事是个惨祸.

suffice


v [I not in progressive]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin: suffire, from Latin sufficere 'to put under, suffice', from sub- ( SUB-) + facere 'to make, do']
formal to be enough
 A light lunch will suffice .
suffice for
 A few brief observations will suffice for present purposes.
suffice to do sth
 A few more statistics will suffice to show the trends of the time.
suffice (it) to say (that)
used to say that the statement that follows is enough to explain what you mean, even though you could say more
 Suffice it to say that they're having marital problems.
1. Perhaps it will suffice to mention the nuclear bomb.
    也许只要提一下核弹就足以说明了。

2. Perhaps it will suffice to mention the nuclear bomb.
    也许提一下核弹就足以证明了。

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