suffice
英 [səˈfaɪs]
美 [səˈfaɪs]
- vt. 使满足;足够…用;合格
- vi. 足够;有能力
1、suf- "up to" + fic- + -e.
2、表示制造、制作、生产了足够的量。
suffice 使足够,足以suf-,在下,向上,-fic,做,词源同 fact,efficient.引申词义做到足够,使足够,足以。
- suffice (v.)
- early 14c. (intransitive); late 14c. (transitive), from present participle stem of Old French sofire "be sufficient, satisfy" (Modern French suffire), from Latin sufficere "put under, lay a foundation under; supply as a substitute; be enough, be adequate," from sub "up to" (see sub-) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Phrase suffice it to say (1690s) is a rare surviving subjunctive.
- 1. Suffice to say, it was more than a couple of years ago!
- 我只想说,那是几年前的事了!
- 2. Suffice it to say that afterwards we never met again.
- 简单地说,此后我们再也没有见过面。
- 3. Generally a brief note or a phone call will suffice.
- 通常写个便条或打个电话就足够了。
- 4. This single item will suffice to typify all the rest.
- 即此一端,可概其余.
- 5. Suffice it to say that the gun was his.
- 只要说那枝枪是他的就够了.