proper 音标拼音: [pr'ɑpɚ]
a .
适合的,适当的,恰当的;合乎体统的;特有的;固有的,本来的;完完全全的
适合的,适当的,恰当的;合乎体统的;特有的;固有的,本来的;完完全全的
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proper adj 1 :
marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness ;
"
proper medical treatment "; "
proper manners " [
ant :
{
improper }]
2 :
having all the qualities typical of the thing specified ;
"
wanted a proper dinner ;
not just a snack "; "
he finally has a proper job "
3 :
limited to the thing specified ; "
the city proper "; "
his claim is connected with the deed proper "
4 :
appropriate for a condition or purpose or occasion or a person '
s character ,
needs ; "
everything in its proper place ";
"
the right man for the job "; "
she is not suitable for the position " [
synonym : {
proper }, {
right }]
Proper \
Prop "
er \,
a . [
OE .
propre ,
F .
propre ,
fr .
L .
proprius .
Cf . {
Appropriate }.]
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1 .
Belonging to one ;
one '
s own ;
individual . "
His proper good "
[
i .
e .,
his own possessions ]. --
Chaucer . "
My proper son ."
--
Shak .
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Now learn the difference ,
at your proper cost ,
Betwixt true valor and an empty boast . --
Dryden .
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2 .
Belonging to the natural or essential constitution ;
peculiar ;
not common ;
particular ;
as ,
every animal has his proper instincts and appetites .
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Those high and peculiar attributes . . .
which constitute our proper humanity . --
Coleridge .
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3 .
Befitting one '
s nature ,
qualities ,
etc .;
suitable in all respect ;
appropriate ;
right ;
fit ;
decent ;
as ,
water is the proper element for fish ;
a proper dress .
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The proper study of mankind is man . --
Pope .
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In Athens all was pleasure ,
mirth ,
and play ,
All proper to the spring ,
and sprightly May .
--
Dryden .
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4 .
Becoming in appearance ;
well formed ;
handsome . [
Archaic ]
"
Thou art a proper man ." --
Chaucer .
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Moses . . .
was hid three months of his parents ,
because they saw he was a proper child . --
Heb .
xi .
23 .
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5 .
Pertaining to one of a species ,
but not common to the whole ;
not appellative ; --
opposed to {
common };
as ,
a proper name ;
Dublin is the proper name of a city .
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6 .
Rightly so called ;
strictly considered ;
as ,
Greece proper ;
the garden proper .
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7 . (
Her .)
Represented in its natural color ; --
said of any object used as a charge .
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{
In proper },
individually ;
privately . [
Obs .] --
Jer .
Taylor .
{
Proper flower }
or {
Proper corolla } (
Bot .),
one of the single florets ,
or corollets ,
in an aggregate or compound flower .
{
Proper fraction } (
Arith .)
a fraction in which the numerator is less than the denominator .
{
Proper nectary } (
Bot .),
a nectary separate from the petals and other parts of the flower . -- {
Proper noun } (
Gram .),
a name belonging to an individual ,
by which it is distinguished from others of the same class ; --
opposed to {
common noun };
as ,
John ,
Boston ,
America .
{
Proper perianth }
or {
Proper involucre } (
Bot .),
that which incloses only a single flower .
{
Proper receptacle } (
Bot .),
a receptacle which supports only a single flower or fructification .
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Proper \
Prop "
er \,
adv .
Properly ;
hence ,
to a great degree ;
very ;
as ,
proper good .
[
Colloq &
Vulgar ]
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274 Moby Thesaurus words for "
proper ":
Christian ,
OK ,
absolute ,
accepted ,
accommodated to ,
according to ,
according to Hoyle ,
accurate ,
acknowledged ,
adapted ,
adapted to ,
adjusted to ,
admitted ,
advantageous ,
advisable ,
after ,
agreeable to ,
agreeably to ,
all right ,
alone ,
answerable to ,
applicable ,
apposite ,
appropriate ,
approved ,
apropos ,
apt ,
arrant ,
au fait ,
authentic ,
authoritative ,
balanced ,
banausic ,
becoming ,
befitting ,
being done ,
beneficial ,
blamed ,
by ,
canonical ,
capable ,
characteristic ,
civil ,
classical ,
comely ,
comme il faut ,
commodious ,
competent ,
complete ,
condign ,
conformable ,
conformable to ,
conforming ,
conformist ,
confounded ,
congruent with ,
congruous ,
consistent with ,
consummate ,
convenient ,
conventional ,
correct ,
crashing ,
crass ,
customary ,
de rigueur ,
dead right ,
decent ,
decided ,
decorous ,
defensible ,
definitive ,
delicate ,
deserved ,
desirable ,
desired ,
diagnostic ,
dignified ,
distinct ,
distinctive ,
distinguished ,
downright ,
due ,
egregious ,
elegant ,
employable ,
equitable ,
established ,
evangelical ,
even ,
evenhanded ,
exact ,
expected ,
expedient ,
fair ,
fair and square ,
faithful ,
faultless ,
favorable ,
feasible ,
felicitous ,
firm ,
fit ,
fitten ,
fitting ,
flagrant ,
flawless ,
formal ,
fructuous ,
functional ,
genteel ,
gentlemanly ,
glaring ,
good ,
good for ,
gross ,
happy ,
helpful ,
idiocratic ,
idiosyncratic ,
in accordance with ,
in agreement with ,
in character ,
in compliance with ,
in conformity with ,
in correspondence to ,
in harmony with ,
in keeping with ,
in line with ,
in lock -
step with ,
in obedience to ,
in step with ,
in uniformity with ,
individual ,
infernal ,
inspired ,
intolerable ,
intrinsic ,
just ,
just right ,
justifiable ,
justified ,
kosher ,
ladylike ,
lawful ,
legal ,
letter -
perfect ,
level ,
likely ,
literal ,
marked ,
meet ,
meet and right ,
merited ,
meticulous ,
modest ,
nice ,
normal ,
normative ,
of general utility ,
of help ,
of service ,
of the faith ,
of use ,
okay ,
only ,
opportune ,
orthodox ,
orthodoxical ,
out -
and -
out ,
outright ,
own ,
particular ,
peculiar ,
per ,
perfect ,
polite ,
politic ,
positive ,
practical ,
pragmatical ,
precious ,
precise ,
prig ,
priggish ,
prissy ,
profitable ,
profound ,
pronounced ,
proper to ,
prudish ,
punctilious ,
puritanical ,
qualified ,
quintessential ,
rank ,
received ,
recognized ,
recommendable ,
refined ,
regular ,
respectable ,
respective ,
right ,
right and proper ,
righteous ,
rightful ,
rigorous ,
satisfactory ,
scriptural ,
seasonable ,
seemly ,
sensible ,
separate ,
serviceable ,
shattering ,
shocking ,
single ,
singular ,
solely ,
sortable ,
sound ,
special ,
specific ,
square ,
standard ,
stark ,
stark -
staring ,
straight ,
straight -
up -
and -
down ,
straitlaced ,
strictly speaking ,
stuffy ,
suitable ,
suitable for ,
suited ,
superlative ,
surpassing ,
textual ,
the veriest ,
thorough ,
thoroughgoing ,
timely ,
to be desired ,
total ,
traditional ,
traditionalistic ,
true ,
true to form ,
true -
blue ,
unbearable ,
unconscionable ,
undeniable ,
unequivocal ,
uniform with ,
unique ,
unmitigated ,
unqualified ,
unrelieved ,
unspoiled ,
urbane ,
useful ,
usual ,
utilitarian ,
utter ,
warrantable ,
warranted ,
well -
chosen ,
well -
expressed ,
well -
put ,
well -
timed ,
wicked ,
wise ,
worthwhile PROPER .
That which is essential ,
suitable ,
adapted ,
and correct .
2 .
Congress is authorized by art ,
1 ,
s .
8 ,
of the constitution of the United States , "
to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper ,
for carrying into execution the foregoing powers ,
and all other powers vested by this constitution of the United States ,
in any department .
or officer thereof ."
See Necessary and Proper .
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