1620s, from adequate + -ly (2); originally a term in logic in reference to correspondence of ideas and objects. Meaning "suitably" is recorded from 1680s.
雙語例句
1. Many students are not adequately prepared for higher education.
許多學生并未做好接受高等教育的充分準備。
來自柯林斯例句
2. "I think I've covered that business more than adequately," he said gravely.
“我想我已經把那件事說得夠詳細了，”他正色說道。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Within this lecture I cannot pretend to deal adequately with dreams.
在這一次講座中，我不敢自詡能對夢境作透徹的分析。
來自柯林斯例句
4. I speak the language adequately.
我這門語言說得不錯。
來自柯林斯例句
5. They felt slighted by not being adequately consulted.