felicitous

英 [fəˈlɪsɪtəs]

美 [fəˈlɪsɪtəs]

adj.  贴切的; 恰当的; 妥帖的

GRE

BNC.32811 / COCA.30186

牛津词典

adj.

• 贴切的；恰当的；妥帖的
  chosen well; very suitable; giving a good result
  1. a felicitous turn of phrase
     贴切的措辞

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (话语、想法等)妥当的，合宜的，贴切的
  If you describe a remark or idea asfelicitous, you approve of it because it seems particularly suitable in the circumstances.
  1. Her prose style is not always felicitous; she tends to repetition.
     她的行文风格并非总是恰到好处，往往爱重复。

英英释义

adj

• exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style
  1. a felicitous speaker
• marked by good fortune
  1. a felicitous life
  2. a happy outcome
  Synonym:happy

双语例句

• An unhappy comment, decision, choice a happy turn of phrase; a few well-chosen words; a felicitous comment.
  不恰当的评语、决定、选择.恰当的措辞；一些适当的词语；恰当的评论。
• He looked clever and ill-a combination by no means felicitous.
  他相貌聪明而不健康&两者决不是幸福的征兆。
• Do this in order to have a felicitous life.
  这样做都是为了有一个幸福的生活。
• He opened our proceedings in a felicitous speech.
  他首先致词，讲话非常得体。
• The chairman's felicitous anecdote set everyone at ease.
  主席说了得体的掌故使每个人心情轻松。
• She played him--sometimes delicately, sometimes with a less felicitous touch.
  她吊着他--有时温柔地，有时手法就不那么巧妙。
• Nationalization is a word which is neither very felicitous nor free from ambiguity.
  国有化是个既不十分贴切，意义也颇含糊的用语。
• His felicitous words went down well in the region but were quickly forgotten.
  他的巧妙措辞在该地区反响不错，但很快就被人遗忘了。
• Doing that successfully is less a matter of felicitous phrasing but rather one of intelligently framing an issue.
  要想两者兼顾，并不在于多么巧妙的措辞，而是要聪明地提出问题。
• An example of the felicitous conjunction of poetry and image.
  诗歌和图像妥贴结合的一个例子。