suffice的意思是什么

1. 有能力
2. 足够
3. 满足…的需要
4. 【文】使满足
5. 足以
6. 合格
7. 使 ... 足够

1. be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity;

   "A few words would answer"
   "This car suits my purpose well"
   "Will $100 do?"
   "A 'B' grade doesn't suffice to get me into medical school"
   "Nothing else will serve"
   

1.足够;充足
If you say that something willsuffice, you mean it will be enough to achieve a purpose or to fulfil a need.

e.g. A cover letter should never exceed one page; often a far shorter letter willsuffice.
附信不应超过一页，通常来说，一封相对非常简短的信就足够了。

2.(用于句首)无须多说，只需说…就够了
Suffice it to say orsuffice to say is used at the beginning of a statement to indicate that what you are saying is obvious, or that you will only give a short explanation.

suffice什么意思

e.g. Suffice it to say that afterwards we never met again...
简单地说，此后我们再也没有见过面。
e.g. Suffice to say, it was more than a couple of years ago!
我只想说，那是几年前的事了！

• suffice for足够…之用〔需要〕
• suffice for one's basic needs够某人基本生活的需要

• Wages which..barely sufficed for the necessaries of his household.

  出自：E. Waugh

• It will suffice..to recall the highlights of the talks.

  出自：G. F. Kennan

• This period of less than a week sufficed to start rumours.

  出自：D. Lessing

1. suffice的基本意思是“(使)满足”“足够…之需要”。既可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时,其主语常常是物,宾语一般是人; 用作不及物动词时,常与介词for连用,表示“足够…之用〔需要〕”。
2. suffice可用于被动结构,常表示“对(食物等的)满足”。
3. suffice还常用于Suffice it (to say) that...结构中,意为“只要说…就够了”。