Suffice



GRE 考研

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.足够, ( 食物) 满足
• ［英］ v.足够, ( 食物) 满足 ( to meet or satisfy a need)
• ［记］ suf ( 下面) ＋fice ( 做) -> 做出来 -> 足够
• ［例］ One glass suffices me. ( 我一杯就够)

Webster Collegiate

verb (sufficed; sufficing)

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French suffis-, stem of suffire, from Latin sufficere to provide, be adequate, from sub- + facere to make, do — more at do
• Date: 14th century
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to meet or satisfy a need ; be sufficient <a brief note will suffice> — often used with an impersonal it<suffice it to say that they are dedicated, serious personalities — Cheryl Aldridge>
  • 2. to be competent or capable
• transitive verb
  • to be enough for <a few more should suffice them>
• ? sufficer noun

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