appropriating

英 [əˈprəʊprieɪtɪŋ]

美 [əˈproʊprieɪtɪŋ]

v.  盗用; 挪用; 占用; 侵吞; 拨(专款等)
appropriate的现在分词

柯林斯词典

The adjective is pronounced /ə'prəʊpriət/. The verb is pronounced /ə'prəʊprieɪt/. 形容词读作/ə'prəʊpriət/，动词读作/ə'prəʊprieɪt/。


• ADJ-GRADED 适当的;合适的;恰当的
  Something that isappropriateis suitable or acceptable for a particular situation.
  1. It is appropriate that Irish names dominate the list...
     名单上大部分是爱尔兰名字，这没什么不合适的。
  2. Dress neatly and attractively in an outfit appropriate to the job...
     着装要整洁美观，适合于这份工作。
  3. The teacher can then take appropriate action.
     老师到时可以采取适当的行动。
• VERB 私占；侵吞；盗用；挪用
  If someoneappropriatessomething which does not belong to them, they take it, usually without the right to do so.
  1. Several other newspapers have appropriated the idea...
     另外有几家报社已盗用了这个创意。
  2. The land was simply appropriated by the rulers.
     土地完全被统治者霸占。
• VERB 拨出（专款）
  If a government or organizationappropriatesan amount of money for a particular purpose, it reserves it for that purpose.
  1. Senator Lugar is skeptical that Congress will appropriate more funding for this purpose.
     参议员卢格怀疑国会是否会拨出更多资金用于此目的。

双语例句

• Born Again Pagans are enthusiastic about Celtic designs and are successfully appropriating Christian symbols back to their supposed primal meaning.
  新涌现的异教徒热衷于凯尔特的图案，并且成功地还原了天主教符号本来的意义。
• My daughter is always appropriating my clothes?
  我女儿总是乱穿我的衣服！
• Why does the US turn a blind eye to the facts that certain countries opened a number of oil and gas blocks, and issued domestic laws illegally appropriating Chinese islands and waters? Mr Qin said.
  美国为什么对有的国家在南海划出大批油气区块、出台将中国的岛礁和海域划为己有的国内立法视而不见，秦刚表示。
• She again entreated his forgiveness for so selfishly appropriating the cottage.
  她为自己这么自私地占用了这座农舍而再次恳求他的原谅。
• Appropriating public funds is a crime.
  挪用公款是犯罪行为。
• She said little, assented only here and there, and betrayed no inclination either of appropriating any part of the compliment to herself, or of strengthening his views in favour of Northamptonshire.
  范妮话很少，只是偶尔对这句话那句话表示同意，听到恭维丝毫没有流露出感激之情，听他夸奖北安普敦郡也不去随声附和。
• Favoring ethnic minority areas in appropriating funds from the central budget.
  中央资金重点向少数民族地区倾斜。
• The interpretation of the legislation about appropriating public money "for personal use" expresses the spirit to equally treat publicly owned enterprises and privately owned enterprises.
  挪用公款“归个人使用”的立法解释，体现了对公有制和私有制企业平等对待的精神；
• The legislature put teeth into the traffic law by increasing the penalties and appropriating money for its proper enforcement.
  议会以提高罚款及拨出执法所需要的专款，使交通法得以正常实施。
• I consider that the social noble estate in the late of the New Stone Age strengthened their power though appropriating the religion function of the jade wares and the source themselves, hi the same course, they quicken the process of the transition on social power.
  笔者认为：通过对玉器宗教功能和资源的占有垄断，新石器时代晚期的社会权贵阶层进一步控制、巩固了他们手中的权力，加快了社会权力变迁的过程；