appropriated

英 [əˈprəʊprieɪtɪd]

美 [əˈproʊprieɪtɪd]

v.  盗用; 挪用; 占用; 侵吞; 拨(专款等)
appropriate的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：appropriated　过去式：appropriated　

经济

COCA.32786

柯林斯词典

The adjective is pronounced /ə'prəʊpriət/. The verb is pronounced /ə'prəʊprieɪt/. 形容词读作/ə'prəʊpriət/，动词读作/ə'prəʊprieɪt/。


• ADJ-GRADED 适当的;合适的;恰当的
  Something that isappropriateis suitable or acceptable for a particular situation.
  1. It is appropriate that Irish names dominate the list...
     名单上大部分是爱尔兰名字，这没什么不合适的。
  2. Dress neatly and attractively in an outfit appropriate to the job...
     着装要整洁美观，适合于这份工作。
  3. The teacher can then take appropriate action.
     老师到时可以采取适当的行动。
• VERB 私占；侵吞；盗用；挪用
  If someoneappropriatessomething which does not belong to them, they take it, usually without the right to do so.
  1. Several other newspapers have appropriated the idea...
     另外有几家报社已盗用了这个创意。
  2. The land was simply appropriated by the rulers.
     土地完全被统治者霸占。
• VERB 拨出（专款）
  If a government or organizationappropriatesan amount of money for a particular purpose, it reserves it for that purpose.
  1. Senator Lugar is skeptical that Congress will appropriate more funding for this purpose.
     参议员卢格怀疑国会是否会拨出更多资金用于此目的。

双语例句

• Several other newspapers have appropriated the idea
  另外有几家报社已盗用了这个创意。
• Congress oversees the way funds appropriated to the agencies are spent, and the courts review any disputed decisions.
  国会监督这些机构的经费使用情况，法院对这些机构作出的有争议的决定进行复审。
• What they create is immediately appropriated by their employers, who claim the fruit of their intellect through the law of patent, copyright, trade secret and other forms of'intellectual property.
  他们（创造者）的雇主通过专利、版权、商业机密等等形式的“知识产权”的法律，不仅索取了他们的智力果实，还直接指派了它们的用途。
• The land was simply appropriated by the rulers.
  土地完全被统治者霸占。
• I see that the director has appropriated the best office to his own use.
  我知道主任自己已占用了最好的办公室。
• Retained earnings appropriated according to Company Law or related regulations.
  指依公司法或其他相关法令规定，自盈馀中指拨之公积。
• Investment capital will be appropriated.
  资本投资都会被挪用撤销。
• The minister was found to have appropriated government money.
  部长被查出挪用了公款。
• We have failed because we have not appropriated the grace and strength which God was ( and is) waiting to give us.
  我们之所以跌倒，是因为我们没有珍惜神的恩典和能力，那是神愿意随时赐给我们的。
• A sum has been appropriated for the new buildings in the local schools.
  已拨出一笔款项作为建筑当地学校新校舍之用。