第三人称单数：数：appropriates
现在分词：：appropriating
过去分词：appropriated
过去式：appropriated
形容词适当的; 合适的; 恰当的
动词盗用; 侵吞; 拨（专款等）
形容词
1. She picked up a dress appropriate for the occasion.
她挑了一件适合该场跋穿的衣服。
2. Write in a style appropriate to your subject.
用与你的题目相称的体裁写。
及物动词
1. The city will appropriate funds for the new airport.
该市将拨款建造新机场。
2. All this money was appropriated for the support of his widow.
所有这些钱作为给他的遗孀的抚养费。
3. Five thousand dollars has been appropriated for the new school buildings.
已拨款五千元为建设新校舍之用。
verb
1. give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause
e.g. I will earmark this money for your research
She sets aside time for meditation every day
Synonym: allowearmarkset asidereserve
2. take possession of by force, as after an invasion
e.g. the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants
The army seized the town
The militia captured the castle