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APT 音标拼音: ['æpt]
a. 倾向于的,易于的,恰当的,聪明的 倾向於的,易於的,恰当的,聪明的 apt adj 1: ( usually followed by ` to') naturally disposed toward; " he is apt to ignore matters he considers unimportant"; " I am not minded to answer any questions" [ synonym: { apt( p)}, { disposed( p)}, { given( p)}, { minded( p)}, { tending( p)}] 2: at risk of or subject to experiencing something usually unpleasant; " he is apt to lose"; " she is liable to forget" [ synonym: { apt( p)}, { liable( p)}] 3: mentally quick and resourceful; " an apt pupil"; " you are a clever man... you reason well and your wit is bold"- Bram Stoker [ synonym: { apt}, { clever}] 4: being of striking appropriateness and pertinence; " the successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images"; " an apt reply" [ synonym: { apposite}, { apt}, { pertinent}] Apt \ Apt\, v. t. [ L. aptare. See { Aptate}.] To fit; to suit; to adapt. [ Obs.] " To apt their places." -- B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster] That our speech be apted to edification. -- Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster]
Apt \ Apt\ ([ a^] pt), a. [ F. apte, L. aptus, fr. obsolete apere to fasten, to join, to fit, akin to apisci to reach, attain: cf. Gr. ? to fasten, Skr. [= a] pta fit, fr. [= a] p to reach attain.] 1. Fit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate. [ 1913 Webster] They have always apt instruments. -- Burke. [ 1913 Webster] A river . . . apt to be forded by a lamb. -- Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Having an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; -- used of things. [ 1913 Webster] My vines and peaches . . . were apt to have a soot or smuttiness upon their leaves and fruit. -- Temple. [ 1913 Webster] This tree, if unprotected, is apt to be stripped of the leaves by a leaf- cutting ant. -- Lubbock. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Inclined; disposed customarily; given; ready; -- used of persons. [ 1913 Webster] Apter to give than thou wit be to ask. -- Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster] That lofty pity with which prosperous folk are apt to remember their grandfathers. -- F. Harrison. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Ready; especially fitted or qualified ( to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert; as, a pupil apt to learn; an apt scholar. " An apt wit." -- Johnson. [ 1913 Webster] Live a thousand years, I shall not find myself so apt to die. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] I find thee apt . . . Now, Hamlet, hear. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Fit; meet; suitable; qualified; inclined; disposed; liable; ready; quick; prompt. [ 1913 Webster] 171 Moby Thesaurus words for " apt": Daedalian, a propos, ad rem, adapted, adept, adroit, alert, applicable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, artistic, authoritative, becoming, befitting, bent, brainy, bravura, bright, brilliant, clean, clever, comely, compelling, convincing, coordinated, correct, crack, crackerjack, cunning, cute, daedal, decisive, deft, dexterous, dextrous, diplomatic, disposed, dispositioned, docile, dovetailing, educable, exact, excellent, expeditious, expert, facile, fair, fancy, felicitous, fit, fitted, fitting, foreseeable, formable, geared, gifted, given, good, goodish, graceful, handy, happy, hopeful, immediate, impressionable, in the cards, in the mood, inclined, ingenious, inspired, instant, instantaneous, instructable, intelligent, just, just right, keen, keen- witted, liable, likely, magisterial, malleable, masterful, masterly, meet, meshing, minded, moldable, motivated, neat, nice, nimble, nimble- witted, no dumbbell, no mean, not born yesterday, odds- on, on the button, opportune, pat, pertinent, plastic, pliable, politic, precise, predictable, predictable within limits, predisposed, presumable, presumptive, probable, professional, proficient, promising, prompt, prone, proper, punctual, qualified, quick, quick- thinking, quick- witted, quite some, ready, receptive, relevant, resourceful, right, ripe for instruction, schoolable, scintillating, seasonable, seemly, sharp, sharp- witted, skillful, slick, smart, some, sortable, speedy, statesmanlike, statistically probable, steel- trap, stylish, suitable, suited, suiting, summary, susceptible, swift, tactful, tailored, talented, teachable, telling, the compleat, the complete, thirsty for knowledge, to the point, to the purpose, trainable, verisimilar, virtuoso, well- chosen, well- done, well- expressed, well- put, willing, workmanlike |
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