properness

常見(jiàn)例句

用作形容詞 (adj.)

用作定語(yǔ): ～+ n.

• That's not the proper way to stop the machine.
  用這種方式關(guān)掉機(jī)器是不妥當(dāng)?shù)摹?/li>
• He gave us a proper example of it.
  他給我們舉了它的一個(gè)恰當(dāng)?shù)睦印?/li>
• After proper consideration,I decide to accept him.
  經(jīng)過(guò)適當(dāng)?shù)目紤]后,我決定接受他。
• They will visit the country again at a proper time.
  他們將在適當(dāng)?shù)臅r(shí)候再度訪問(wèn)這個(gè)國(guó)家。
• He is a proper man for the position.
  他是一位適合任這個(gè)職務(wù)的人。
• We should find a proper place for a picnic.
  我們應(yīng)找一合適的地方野餐。
• This is a proper opinion.
  這是個(gè)合理的意見(jiàn)。
• She's too ill to be nursed at home; she needs proper medical attention at a hospital.
  她病很重,不該在家里護(hù)理,她需要住院接受妥善護(hù)理。
• Does this watch keep proper time?
  這只表走得準(zhǔn)嗎?
• You don't know the proper way to hold a hammer.
  你不懂得正確握錘的方式。
• Are you doing it the proper way?
  你是在用正確的方法做那事嗎?
• The reels of film were not in the proper order.
  電影的膠卷盤(pán)的順序弄錯(cuò)了。
• His mother had trained him to be a very proper young man.
  他的母親已經(jīng)把他培養(yǎng)成一個(gè)非常得體的年輕人。
• She's not at all a proper person for you to know.
  她可不是正派人,你不應(yīng)該結(jié)識(shí)她。
• After a very proper upbringing he chose to lead the Bohemian life of an artist.
  他受過(guò)正統(tǒng)的教育,卻立意過(guò)著藝術(shù)家我行我素的生活。
• Underinvoicing is not the proper way of doing business.
  開(kāi)假發(fā)票不是做生意的正當(dāng)辦法。
• Every animal has its proper instincts.
  動(dòng)物各有其特有的本能。
• Please go to your proper seats.
  請(qǐng)回到你們自己的座位上去。
• He gave the burglar a proper hiding.
  他給了那竊賊一頓痛打。
• We've got ourselves into a proper mess.
  我們弄得自己狼狽不堪。
• I felt a proper fool.
  我覺(jué)得自己傻透了。
• You are a proper fool.
  你真是個(gè)大笨蛋。
• That guy is a proper terror.
  那家伙真是討厭。

n. +～

• He said something proper to the occasion.
  他說(shuō)了一些適合時(shí)宜的話。
• This is a book proper to this subject.
  這是一本專論這題目的書(shū)。
• It is the weather proper to the North.
  這是北方特有的天氣。
• Many people call themselves Londoners though they live outside the city proper.
  許多人自稱倫敦人,盡管他們住在倫敦市區(qū)的外面。
• The text proper stands on page 23.
  課文正文在第23頁(yè)上。
• Shellfishes do not belong to the fishes proper.
  貝類嚴(yán)格說(shuō)來(lái)不屬于魚(yú)類。

用作表語(yǔ): S+be+～

• Rudeness to the old is not proper.
  對(duì)老人粗魯是不適當(dāng)?shù)摹?/li>
• Laughing and joking at a funeral are not proper.
  在葬禮時(shí)大笑與開(kāi)玩笑是不妥的。

S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

• Short trousers are not proper at a dance.
  舞會(huì)上穿短褲不成體統(tǒng)。
• His speech is proper for the occasion.
  他的發(fā)言在那個(gè)場(chǎng)合很適當(dāng)。
• The nesting instinct is proper to birds.
  筑巢是鳥(niǎo)類本能。

S+be+～+(that/)wh-clause

• It is proper that you should ask your father.
  你當(dāng)然應(yīng)該問(wèn)你的父親。
• Why are you surprised?It's proper that his wife should inherit all his property.
  你為何覺(jué)得驚奇?他的妻子繼承他的全部財(cái)產(chǎn)是合理的。

It is/was+～+to- v

• It isn't proper to act like that.
  那樣的行為是不恰當(dāng)?shù)摹?/li>
• It isn't proper to visit a friend at this late hour.
  這么晚去拜訪朋友是不合適的。

用作形容詞 (adj.)

• He could not come up with a proper answer.
  他想不出一個(gè)合適的回答。
• It's not proper for you to catch him up very short.
  你突然打斷他的話是不恰當(dāng)?shù)摹?/li>
• The company does not take proper fire precaution.
  公司未采取正當(dāng)?shù)姆阑鸫胧?/li>
• She hadn't had a proper holiday for years.
  多年來(lái)她都沒(méi)有過(guò)真正的假期。
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