properness

常見例句

用作形容詞 (adj.)

用作定語: ～+ n.

• That's not the proper way to stop the machine.
  用這種方式關掉機器是不妥當?shù)摹?/li>
• He gave us a proper example of it.
  他給我們舉了它的一個恰當?shù)睦印?/li>
• After proper consideration,I decide to accept him.
  經(jīng)過適當?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?shù)臅r候再度訪問這個國家。
• He is a proper man for the position.
  他是一位適合任這個職務的人。
• We should find a proper place for a picnic.
  我們應找一合適的地方野餐。
• This is a proper opinion.
  這是個合理的意見。
• She's too ill to be nursed at home; she needs proper medical attention at a hospital.
  她病很重,不該在家里護理,她需要住院接受妥善護理。
• Does this watch keep proper time?
  這只表走得準嗎?
• 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.
  電影的膠卷盤的順序弄錯了。
• 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,你不應該結(jié)識她。
• After a very proper upbringing he chose to lead the Bohemian life of an artist.
  他受過正統(tǒng)的教育,卻立意過著藝術家我行我素的生活。
• Underinvoicing is not the proper way of doing business.
  開假發(fā)票不是做生意的正當辦法。
• Every animal has its proper instincts.
  動物各有其特有的本能。
• Please go to your proper seats.
  請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.
  我覺得自己傻透了。
• You are a proper fool.
  你真是個大笨蛋。
• That guy is a proper terror.
  那家伙真是討厭。

n. +～

• He said something proper to the occasion.
  他說了一些適合時宜的話。
• This is a book proper to this subject.
  這是一本專論這題目的書。
• 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頁上。
• Shellfishes do not belong to the fishes proper.
  貝類嚴格說來不屬于魚類。

用作表語: S+be+～

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

S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

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

S+be+～+(that/)wh-clause

• It is proper that you should ask your father.
  你當然應該問你的父親。
• Why are you surprised?It's proper that his wife should inherit all his property.
  你為何覺得驚奇?他的妻子繼承他的全部財產(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?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?shù)摹?/li>
• The company does not take proper fire precaution.
  公司未采取正當?shù)姆阑鸫胧?/li>
• She hadn't had a proper holiday for years.
  多年來她都沒有過真正的假期。
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