properly
adverb
uk/ˈprɒp.əl.i/us/ˈprɑː.pɚ.li/properlyadverb(CORRECTLY)
correctly, or in asatisfactoryway:
正确地;合适地It's still notworkingproperly.它还是不能正常运转。
I'm not properlydressedfor thiskindofweather.我的穿著不适合这样的天气。
Ithinkyou should take itsomewhereto have itrepairedproperly.我觉得你应该把它拿去让人好好修一修。
Come on, Evie,speakproperly - you're not ababyany more!来,埃薇,好好说话——你已经不是小孩子了!
- We need toensurethathandwritingis properlytaughtinourprimaryschools.
- Youobviouslydidn'treadtheinstructionsproperly.
- Ittakesabout fiveminutestoironashirtproperly.
- Thedoctorsare doing all that they can, but she's still notbreathingproperly.
- If you getbittenby adog, you have to makesurethewoundis properlycleaned, or aninfectioncould set in.
Suitable and acceptable
- able
- acceptability
- acceptable
- accepted
- accordingly
- decent
- decently
- eligibility
- eligible
- felicitous
- horse
- practical
- respectably
- rightly
- satisfaction
- seasonable
- seemly
- sit
- taste
- ticket
properlyadverb(SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE)
formal
in asociallyandmorallyacceptableway:
适当地,恰当地Mostvegetablesshould beeatenwith aforkbutasparaguscan be properlyeatenwith thefingers.大多数蔬菜要用叉子吃,不过用手拿芦笋吃是合规矩的。
Suitable and acceptable
- able
- acceptability
- acceptable
- accepted
- accordingly
- decent
- decently
- eligibility
- eligible
- felicitous
- horse
- practical
- respectably
- rightly
- satisfaction
- seasonable
- seemly
- sit
- taste
- ticket
Idiom
properly speaking