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

• 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。
• His work is rather fluent and felicitous.
  他的作品十分流畅，措辞巧妙。
• Writing ability refers to the ability of describing things and events, expressing feelings and thoughts, exchanging information and messages in germane and grammatical language also in the felicitous form and formula.
  写作能力指使用适切的语言、语法化的句子和恰当的语篇体式来描写事物，叙述事件，表达思想情感和交流信息的书面能力。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The course of its river, which abounds in fish, has been diverted, so its waters spill out into a lake, ornamental and felicitous.
  充满各种鱼类的小河，突然改变方向，一头扎进湖中，特别漂亮。
• A happy turn of phrase; a few well-chosen words; a felicitous comment. Rhetoric was no guarantee.
  恰当的措辞；一些适当的词语；恰当的评论。动听的辞令不能当保证。
• 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。