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

• 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。
• Each locality shall conscientiously tighten the control of special financial funds ensuring special funds for special purpose, and appropriating them for other use shall be prohibited.
  各地要切实加强对财政专项经费的管理，专款专用，严禁挪作他用。
• 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。
• Financiers rarely attract similar approval because – sometimes rightly, sometimes wrongly – they are suspected of appropriating wealth created by others rather than engaging in genuine wealth creation.
  金融家很少得到类似的认可，因为人们怀疑他们窃取了他人创造的财富，而不是参与了真正的财富创造&这种怀疑有时候是正确的，有时候却并非如此。
• The treasurer was arrested for appropriating company funds.
  该出纳由于挪用公司资金而被捕。
• Some Problems about Appropriating Public Money "for Personal Use"& Basedon the Interpretation of the Legislation
  对于挪用公款归个人使用几个问题的研究&以立法解释为依据
• So, it is necessary to strengthen the guilty research to appropriating public funds for personal use, in order to benefit and assert and punish this kind of crime correctly in the judicial practice.
  因此，有必要加强对挪用公款罪的研究，以利于在司法实践中正确认定和处罚此种犯罪。
• 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。
• My daughter is always appropriating my clothes?
  我女儿总是乱穿我的衣服！
• 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。