proper

常見例句

用作形容詞 (adj.)

用作定語: ～+ n.

• That's not the proper way to stop the machine.
  用這種方式關(guān)掉機(jī)器是不妥當(dāng)?shù)摹?/li>
• He gave us a proper example of it.
  他給我們舉了它的一個(gè)恰當(dāng)?shù)睦印?/li>
• After proper consideration,I decide to accept him.
  經(jīng)過適當(dāng)?shù)目紤]后,我決定接受他。
• They will visit the country again at a proper time.
  他們將在適當(dāng)?shù)臅r(shí)候再度訪問這個(gè)國家。
• He is a proper man for the position.
  他是一位適合任這個(gè)職務(wù)的人。
• We should find a proper place for a picnic.
  我們應(yīng)找一合適的地方野餐。
• This is a proper opinion.
  這是個(gè)合理的意見。
• She's too ill to be nursed at home; she needs proper medical attention at a hospital.
  她病很重,不該在家里護(hù)理,她需要住院接受妥善護(hù)理。
• Does this watch keep proper time?
  這只表走得準(zhǔn)嗎?
• You don't know the proper way to hold a hammer.
  你不懂得正確握錘的方式。
• Are you doing it the proper way?
  你是在用正確的方法做那事嗎?
• The reels of film were not in the proper order.
  電影的膠卷盤的順序弄錯(cuò)了。
• His mother had trained him to be a very proper young man.
  他的母親已經(jīng)把他培養(yǎng)成一個(gè)非常得體的年輕人。
• She's not at all a proper person for you to know.
  她可不是正派人,你不應(yīng)該結(jié)識她。
• After a very proper upbringing he chose to lead the Bohemian life of an artist.
  他受過正統(tǒng)的教育,卻立意過著藝術(shù)家我行我素的生活。
• Underinvoicing is not the proper way of doing business.
  開假發(fā)票不是做生意的正當(dāng)辦法。
• Every animal has its proper instincts.
  動物各有其特有的本能。
• Please go to your proper seats.
  請回到你們自己的座位上去。
• He gave the burglar a proper hiding.
  他給了那竊賊一頓痛打。
• We've got ourselves into a proper mess.
  我們弄得自己狼狽不堪。
• I felt a proper fool.
  我覺得自己傻透了。
• You are a proper fool.
  你真是個(gè)大笨蛋。
• That guy is a proper terror.
  那家伙真是討厭。

n. +～

• He said something proper to the occasion.
  他說了一些適合時(shí)宜的話。
• This is a book proper to this subject.
  這是一本專論這題目的書。
• It is the weather proper to the North.
  這是北方特有的天氣。
• Many people call themselves Londoners though they live outside the city proper.
  許多人自稱倫敦人,盡管他們住在倫敦市區(qū)的外面。
• The text proper stands on page 23.
  課文正文在第23頁上。
• Shellfishes do not belong to the fishes proper.
  貝類嚴(yán)格說來不屬于魚類。

用作表語: S+be+～

• Rudeness to the old is not proper.
  對老人粗魯是不適當(dāng)?shù)摹?/li>
• Laughing and joking at a funeral are not proper.
  在葬禮時(shí)大笑與開玩笑是不妥的。

S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

• Short trousers are not proper at a dance.
  舞會上穿短褲不成體統(tǒng)。
• His speech is proper for the occasion.
  他的發(fā)言在那個(gè)場合很適當(dāng)。
• The nesting instinct is proper to birds.
  筑巢是鳥類本能。

S+be+～+(that/)wh-clause

• It is proper that you should ask your father.
  你當(dāng)然應(yīng)該問你的父親。
• Why are you surprised?It's proper that his wife should inherit all his property.
  你為何覺得驚奇?他的妻子繼承他的全部財(cái)產(chǎn)是合理的。

It is/was+～+to- v

• It isn't proper to act like that.
  那樣的行為是不恰當(dāng)?shù)摹?/li>
• It isn't proper to visit a friend at this late hour.
  這么晚去拜訪朋友是不合適的。

更多例句

• He denied that he'd failed to keep a proper lookout that night.
  他否認(rèn)當(dāng)晚守望不力。
• Catherine demonstrated the proper way to cleanse the face.
  凱瑟琳演示了潔面的正確方法。
• Britain imposed fines on airlines which bring in passengers without proper papers.
  英國會對運(yùn)載證件不齊全的乘客進(jìn)入國內(nèi)的航空公司課以罰款。
• We should have had a proper discussion before voting.
  我們本應(yīng)在表決之前好好討論一下才是。
• He denied that he'd failed to keep a proper lookout that night.
  他否認(rèn)當(dāng)晚守望不力。
• Catherine demonstrated the proper way to cleanse the face.
  凱瑟琳演示了潔面的正確方法。
• Britain imposed fines on airlines which bring in passengers without proper papers.
  英國會對運(yùn)載證件不齊全的乘客進(jìn)入國內(nèi)的航空公司課以罰款。
• I always cook a proper evening meal.
  我總是把晚餐做得很豐盛。
• We tend to imagine that the Victorians were very prim and proper.
  我們傾向于把維多利亞時(shí)代的人想象得非常古板、中規(guī)中矩。
• I would have thought it a proper job for the Army to fight rebellion.
  我會認(rèn)為派軍隊(duì)去平叛是恰當(dāng)之舉。
• It's a proper Christmas dinner, with turkey and bread sauce.
  這是頓像樣的圣誕大餐，有火雞和牛奶沙司。
• The proper role of appeal judges is an issue that has long exercised the finest legal minds.
  上訴法官應(yīng)當(dāng)扮演何種角色，這一問題長期以來困擾著那些最出色的法律人士。
• There were no proper toilets, but only an outdoor latrine.
  沒有正規(guī)的廁所，只有一個(gè)位于室外的茅坑。
• The offender made proper restitution to the victim's kindred.
  違法者對受害人親屬給予了適當(dāng)?shù)难a(bǔ)償。
• In those days it was not thought entirely proper for a woman to be on the stage.
  那個(gè)時(shí)候，女性登臺表演被認(rèn)為不太得體。
• Proper clothing also helps to keep you cool.
  適當(dāng)?shù)囊路材苁鼓愀械經(jīng)隹?
• He ascribed his good health to proper diet and exercise.
  他把身體好歸功于適當(dāng)?shù)娘嬍臣斑\(yùn)動.
• Lack of proper nourishment reduces their power to resist disease.
  營養(yǎng)不良降低了他們抵抗疾病的能力.
• Don't fling your arms and legs around like that. Make the proper swimming strokes.
  別這樣亂劃亂蹬,要采用正確的游泳姿勢.
• After a very proper upbringing he chose to lead the Bohemian life of an artist.
  他受過正統(tǒng)的教育,卻立意過著藝術(shù)家我行我素的生活.
• He gave us a proper example.
  他給我們舉了一個(gè)恰當(dāng)?shù)睦?
• To be rude to the old is not proper.
  對老人粗魯是不適當(dāng)?shù)?
• Do as you think proper.
  你認(rèn)為怎么妥當(dāng)就怎么辦.
• I don't like proper children.
  我不喜歡一本正經(jīng)的孩子.
• Put the instruments in their proper places.
  把儀器安放好.
• This formulation is not proper.
  這種提法不妥.
• The rights of citizens must not be abridged without proper cause.
  沒有正當(dāng)理由,不能擅自剝奪公民的權(quán)利.
• The book hardly belongs to literature proper.
  這本書不好說是純文學(xué)書.
• This is not the proper way.
  這種方法不妥.
• I'm afraid this isn't the proper way to handle the case.
  這樣處理,恐怕不妥.
• He found what he was saying was not proper for the occasion and he stopped short.
  他覺得自己說的話不對碴兒,就停住了.
• To drill the proper size hole in an exact location requires considerable skill.
  在準(zhǔn)確的位置上鉆一個(gè)尺寸正確的孔要求相當(dāng)?shù)募记?
• Idle imagination hasn't spoilt the proper balance of your life!
  你生活中固有的平衡不曾遭到過無聊想象的破壞.
• Under proper conditions of humidity, they hatch in approximately 1 month.
  在固有的溫度條件下, 蟲卵約在一個(gè)月內(nèi)孵化.
• While it rained copiously on the surrounding highlands, It'seldom rained in Eden proper.
  當(dāng)它仍然被高地充分包圍的時(shí)候, 伊甸園固有的位置很少會下雨.
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