| 单词 | felicitous |
| 释义 | felicitous adjective literaryuk/fəˈlɪs.ɪ.təs/us/fəˈlɪs.ə.t̬əs/suitableorrightandexpressingwell theintendedthoughtorfeeling: 贴切的；恰当的；得体的He summed up Jack'sachievementsin one or two felicitousphrases.他用一两个词语恰如其分地概括了杰克的成就。 Opposite infelicitous Suitable and acceptable
Examplesoffelicitousfelicitous Both these criticisms can effectively be rebutted by specifying afelicitousfeature of the universe other than fitness for humanity. From theCambridge English Corpus The combination of domestic arrangements with professional ambitions was not afelicitousone. From theCambridge English Corpus A biasedfelicitouscondition would provide two referents for the noun that is modified by the relative clause. From theCambridge English Corpus For other choices, this interpretation is more natural, with the sentence judgedfelicitousout of context. From theCambridge English Corpus Mainly, the interview is notfelicitous; the applicant does not make a favorable impression. From theCambridge English Corpus When the contexts are pragmaticallyfelicitous, children behave like adults. From theCambridge English Corpus The aim of our analysis is indeed to explain what makes one genitive construction morefelicitousthan the competing one. From theCambridge English Corpus Because argument structure constructions are not synonymous, in any discourse context some constructions will be morefelicitousand others will be lessfelicitous. From theCambridge English Corpus These are necessarily in the present tense, and despite their perfective nature, the sentences are completelyfelicitous. From theCambridge English Corpus Note that finish is not as versatile as got (29d), its use being restricted to activity verbs where the lexical meaning of finish isfelicitous. From theCambridge English Corpus That explains why (11a) isfelicitouswhereas (11b) is ill-formed. From theCambridge English Corpus In order for (1) to befelicitousthere should exist more than one horse in the discourse setting. From theCambridge English Corpus Truth is a prerequisite forfelicitoususe of really as a reinforcer, and the application of scalar meanings is always subjective. From theCambridge English Corpus The example is not sofelicitous, as the range of shares is quite wide. From theCambridge English Corpus They are notfelicitouswith the phrase ' in an hour ', and this indicates that the predicate is not construed as a bounded series of events. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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