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

• You can become wealthy by creating wealth or by appropriating wealth created by other people.
  你可以通过创造财富或掠夺他人创造的财富而致富。
• 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。
• Withholding, pocketing, appropriating or embezzling the family planning funds or social welfare funds;
  截留、克扣、挪用、贪污计划生育经费或者社会抚养费的；
• We could not sit there watching others appropriating our market and ruining our industry, he said.
  我们不能眼睁睁地看着别人侵入我们的市场，破坏我们的工业。
• 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；
• Today we see much of the art produced in China approaching and appropriating this global mainstream, in terms of subject matter, language and appearance.
  今天我们看到很多中国艺术在主题、语言和造型上，都是朝这种方向发展。
• Group companies can perform flexible arrangement of funds among their subsidiaries by collecting from and appropriating into the accounts.
  集团总公司通过集团一级账户资金的上收和下拨，在其子公司之间进行资金的灵活调剂。
• There has been corruption: in 2013, eight people in Venezuela were arrested for appropriating$ 84m from the Joint Chinese-Venezuela Fund.
  也有过腐败：2013年，委内瑞拉8人因从中委联合基金（JointChinese-VenezuelaFund）挪用8400万美元而被逮捕。
• Appropriating public funds is a crime.
  挪用公款是犯罪行为。
• We need to have appropriating faith in regard to God's promises.
  对于神的应许，我们当有“据为己有”的信心。