suffice

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /səˈfaɪs/|/səˈfʌɪs/    美 /səˈfaɪs/|/səˈfɑes/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To be enough or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything); to be adequate; to be good enough. intransitive
    — For this plum cake, two eggs should suffice.
  2. To satisfy; to content; to be equal to the wants or demands of. transitive
    — A joint of lamb sufficed even his enormous appetite.
  3. To furnish; to supply adequately. archaic
    — During the festival, the temple suffices food to the beggars.

词形变化

suffices present,singular,third-person sufficing participle,present sufficed participle,past sufficed past

词汇关系

近义词
do
衍生词
suffice it to say sufficive unsufficed
相关词
satisfice sufficient

词源

From Middle English suffisen, from Middle French souffire, from Latin sufficiō (“supply, be adequate”), from sub (“under”) + faciō (“do, make”). Cognate with French suffire.
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