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

• 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。
• At present, in investigate and prosecute graft, corrupt, appropriating public funds this task sin cause, the circumstance of the appellee withdraw a confession is more outstanding.
  当前，在查办贪污、贿赂、挪用公款等职务犯罪案件中，被告人翻供的情况比较突出。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• By the end of this phase of external monitoring and assessment, compensation funds for land requisition and removal are appropriating continuously on demand.
  截止本期外部监测评估时，征迁补偿资金正根据需要不断拨付之中。
• There is powerful acting; there are clever plot twists; and there is Mikhalkov himself as the jury foreman, appropriating the film's subtlest dialogue zinger.
  片中有极具张力的表演；有巧妙的情节设计；扮演陪审团主席的米哈尔科夫，恰如其分地演绎了电影中最为敏锐的反驳者。
• 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。
• 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。