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suffice 音標拼音: [səf'ɑɪs] vi. 足夠,有能力
vt. 滿足 足夠,有能力滿足 suffice v 1: be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity; " A few words would answer"; " This car suits my purpose well"; " Will $ 100 do?"; " A ' B' grade doesn' t suffice to get me into medical school"; " Nothing else will serve" [ synonym: { suffice}, { do}, { answer}, { serve}] Suffice \ Suf* fice"\, v. t. 1. To satisfy; to content; to be equal to the wants or demands of. -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster] Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter. -- Deut. iii. 26. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To furnish; to supply adequately. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] The power appeased, with winds sufficed the sail. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster]
Suffice \ Suf* fice"\, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Sufficed}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Sufficing}.] [ OE. suffisen, OF. soufire, F. suffire ( cf. suffisant, p. pr.), L. sufficere to put under, to substitute, to avail for, to suffice; sub under facere to make. See { Fact}.] To be enough, or sufficient; to meet the need ( of anything); to be equal to the end proposed; to be adequate. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] To recount almighty works, What words or tongue of seraph can suffice? -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 44 Moby Thesaurus words for " suffice": advantage, answer, avail, be equal to, be handy, be of use, be satisfactory, bear, benefit, bestead, do, do it, do the trick, fill the bill, fulfill, get by, give good returns, go around, hack it, hold, just do, make the grade, meet, meet requirements, pass, pass muster, pay, pay off, profit, qualify, quench, reach, sate, satiate, satisfy, serve, serve the purpose, stand, stand up, stretch, suit, take it, work, yield a profit
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