felicitous

/fəˈlɪsɪtəs/

Meanings

adjective

恰当的，贴切的

Characterized by felicity.

Examples :

"Her felicitous choice of words in the speech perfectly captured the audience's emotions. "

她在演讲中用词非常恰当，完美地捕捉到了观众的情绪。

quality character

adjective

恰当，贴切。

Of a sentence or utterance: semantically and pragmatically coherent; fitting in the context.

Examples :

"This sentence is grammatical; it is just not felicitous."

这句话语法上没问题，只是用词不够贴切。

language linguistics communication writing word grammar

Related Words

sentence noun

[ˈsɛntn̩t͡s]

判决，宣判

"The court returned a sentence of guilt in the first charge, but innocence in the second."

法庭对第一项指控宣判有罪，但对第二项指控宣判无罪。

coherent adjective

/koːˈhiɹənt/ /kəʊˈhɪəɹənt/ /koʊˈhiɹənt/

连贯的，一致的，有条理的。

"Her essay was well-written and presented a coherent argument, making it easy to understand her main points. "

她的文章写得很好，论证连贯一致，让人很容易理解她的主要观点。

fitting verb

/fɪtɪŋ/

适合，适应.

"It fits the purpose."

它很适合这个目的.

emotions noun

/ɪˈməʊʃənz/ /iˈmoʊʃənz/

情感，情绪。

"Seeing the surprise party filled her with a rush of happy emotions. "

看到这个惊喜派对，她心中涌起一股快乐的情感。

captured verb

/ˈkæptʃərd/ /ˈkæptʃəd/

俘虏，抓获

"to capture an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal"

俘虏敌人、夺取船只或抓捕罪犯。

utterance noun

/ˈʌtəɹəns/

话语，言语，表达

"The child's first utterance was "Mama." "

那个孩子说的第一句话是“妈妈”。

grammatical adjective

/ɡɹəˈmætɪkəl/

语法正确的，合乎语法的.

"Your writing is not grammatical enough for publication."

你的文章语法不够规范，还达不到发表的标准。

felicity noun

/fəˈlɪsɪti/

幸福，快乐。

"The birth of their first child brought immense felicity to the entire family. "

第一个孩子的诞生给整个家庭带来了无尽的幸福和快乐。

perfectly adverb

/ˈpɜːfɪktli/ /ˈpɝfɪktli/

完美地，尽善尽美地。

"They completed the first series perfectly."

他们完美地完成了第一系列的作品。

audience noun

/ˈɔːdi.əns/

观众，听众

"We joined the audience just as the lights went down."

我们刚找到观众席坐下，灯就暗了。

characterized verb

/ˈkæɹəktəɹaɪzd/

刻画，描绘，丑化。

"The teacher characterized the student as disruptive in class. "

老师把那个学生描绘成课堂上的捣乱分子。

pragmatically adverb

/pɹæɡˈmætɪkli/ /pɹəɡˈmætɪkli/

务实地，讲求实际地

"Instead of arguing about the perfect solution, we pragmatically chose the easiest one that would solve the immediate problem. "

与其争论完美的解决方案，我们务实地选择了最容易解决当前问题的那个。