suffice

[sə'fais]

vi.足够, 使满足
vt.使 ... 足够

vi.[W]

1. 足够[(+for)]

Her income suffices for her needs.

她的收入足够她用。

2. 【旧】有能力

vt.

使满足, 满足……的需要[W]

Some bread and soup will suffice me.

一些面包和汤就够我吃的了。

词形变化

名词: sufficer | 动词过去式: sufficed | 动词过去分词: sufficed | 动词现在分词: sufficing | 动词第三人称单数: suffices |

词义辨析

同义:

v.充足, 使满意, 完成, 浸透, 成功, 击中

do  serve  satisfy  answer  please  gratify  appease  content  assuage  fulfil  fill  sate  satiate  saturate  quench  slake  be enough  be adequate  be sufficient  fill the bill  do the trick  

英英释义

动词 suffice:

be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity

同义词：do, answer, serve

短语词组

suffice it (to say) that

1. 只要说……就够了

Suffice it that without leisure there is no liberty.

无闲暇何来自由――说这一句话就够了。

补充

sufficesuffice英:[səˈfais] 美:[səˈfaɪs]vi.1.足够Two bottles of wine will suffice for lunch.午餐有两瓶葡萄酒就够了。vt.1.满足…的需要Some bread and soup will suffice me.有面包和汤对我来说就足够了。

例句

1. A cover letter should never exceed one page; often a far shorter letter will suffice.附信绝不要超过一页；通常一封非常简短的信就足够了。 2. suffice to say, it was more than a couple of years ago!无须多说, 那是好几年前的事了！ 3. suffice it to say that afterwards we never met again.一句话, 此后我们再也没有见过面。 4. It suffices to comfort her with only a few words.只用几句话安慰她一下就行了。 5. I will do my best to suffice you.我将尽一切努力满足你的要求。 6. a quick look should suffice.迅速看一下就行了。 7. [with infinitive]two examples should suffice to prove the contention.两个例子就足以证明这个论点了。 8. simple mediocrity cannot suffice them.简单的平庸是满足不了他们的要求的。 9. suffice it to say that they were not considered suitable for this project.简单地说，他们被认为不适合做这项工程。 10. "No, you don't need to write a letter. A phone call will suffice."不，你不需要写信，打个电话就够了。 11. Her example alone should suffice to show that anything is possible.单是她的例子就足以说明一切皆有可能。 12. "First, the car wouldn't start, and then I got stuck in traffic—suffice it to say, there was no way I could get here on time."首先，我的车就是不能启动；其次，我堵车了。这些就足以说明我没办法按时到达这里。 13. "suffice to say, she has a lot on her hands with four children."无须多说，带四个孩子让她忙得团团转。