1. appropriate for : 拨出(款项、房屋等)供...之用(be), 适于, 合乎；

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1. She picked up a dress appropriate for the occasion.
    她挑了一件适合该场跋穿的衣服。

2. Write in a style appropriate to your subject.
    用与你的题目相称的体裁写。

1. The city will appropriate funds for the new airport.
    该市将拨款建造新机场。

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2. All this money was appropriated for the support of his widow.
    所有这些钱作为给他的遗孀的抚养费。

3. Five thousand dollars has been appropriated for the new school buildings.
    已拨款五千元为建设新校舍之用。

1. 适当的;合适的;恰当的
    Something that is appropriate is suitable or acceptable for a particular situation.

    e.g. 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。
    e.g. 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。

2. 私占；侵吞；盗用；挪用
    If someone appropriates something which does not belong to them, they take it, usually without the right to do so.

    e.g. Several other newspapers have appropriated the idea...
           另外有几家报社已盗用了这个创意。
    e.g. The land was simply appropriated by the rulers.
           土地完全被统治者霸占。

3. 拨出（专款）
    If a government or organization appropriates an amount of money for a particular purpose, it reserves it for that purpose.

    e.g. 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。

1. give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause

    e.g. I will earmark this money for your research
           She sets aside time for meditation every day

    Synonym: allowearmarkset asidereserve

2. take possession of by force, as after an invasion

    e.g. the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants
           The army seized the town
           The militia captured the castle

    Synonym: captureseizeconquer

1. suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc

    e.g. a book not appropriate for children
           a funeral conducted the appropriate solemnity
           it seems that an apology is appropriate