每日一词07 suffice

1.suffice

英英释义：to be enough

“suffice”是“sufficient”的动词形式，不及物动词，使表达更加简洁有力。

当我们想表示“足够”或者“不足够”的时候，除了用 sufficient, enough 外，也可以用动词 suffice 表示。

例句：

Good ideas alone do not suffice.

For beginning runners, a 10-minute jog and a few stretches will suffice.

Extensive reading alone does not suffice. We have to, too, put what we read into practice.

举例时想表达“只用一个/两个例子就可以说明某事”时，也会用到 suffice。比如我们想说，只用马云的例子就可以证明颜值和财富并没有很大关系，就可以这样用 suffice：A single example will suffice: Jack Ma.

常用搭配:

suffice for后面接名词

suffice to do sth 后面接动词

suffice (it) to say (that) 无需多说=I’ll just say/all that needs to be said is...

作业:

对于高阶英语学习者来说，每天学一个词是不够的。

For advanced English learners, one word per day will not suffice.

光有意愿是不够的。

Willing does not suffice.

几条小鱼就可以满足孩子们的观察要求。

Some fish will suffice for the children’s observation.