proper
proper
英[ˈprɒpə(r)]美[ˈprɑːpər]
adj.适宜的，正确的，像样的，规矩的，严格意义上的，完全的，特有的；
例句
We need to knock around the district to find a proper man for the transplantation.我们需要跑遍这个地区找一个合适的人来做器官移植。
Don’t invite her to the party. She’s so prim and proper.别请她去舞会，她太古板了。
After a very proper upbringing he chose to lead the Bohemian life of an artist.他受过正统的教育,却立意过着艺术家我行我素的生活。
Lack of proper nourishment reduces their power to resist disease.营养不良降低了他们抵抗疾病的能力。
This, I think, is the proper recipe for remaining young.要想保持青春, 我认为这是一个很好的办法。
The nesting instinct is proper to birds.筑巢是鸟类的本能。
Language is proper to mankind.语言是人类所特有的。
That guy is a proper terror.那家伙真是讨厌。
We're in a proper mess now.我们现在真是一团糟。
It is proper that you should ask your father.你当然应该问你的父亲。
英语六级真题
More than 80% of those cases can be attributed to contact with contaminated water and a lack of proper sanitation.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文To which the proper response is LOL.
出自-2014年6月阅读原文With proper assistance, victims can put their lives together one day.
出自-2013年6月听力原文Kumar that to bring a hand gun into Hong Kong without proper authorization is a serious offense.
出自-2011年6月听力原文Despite being the continent's second-largest producer of tomatoes, Nigeria is dependent on $1 billion worth of tomato-paste imports every year, as around 75% of the local harvest goes to waste thanks to a lack of proper storage facilities.
2017年12月六级真题（第一套）阅读 Section A柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
ADJ
适宜的；合适的；适当的；恰当的
You use proper to describe things that you consider to be real and satisfactory rather than inadequate in some way.
例句
Two out of five people lack a proper job...每五人中有两人没有正当的工作。I always cook a proper evening meal.我总是把晚餐做得很丰盛。ADJ
正确的；准确的；*合适的
The proper thing is the one that is correct or most suitable.
例句
The Supreme Court will ensure that the proper procedures have been followed...*高法院将确保程序的履行合乎规范He helped to put things in their proper place.他帮忙把东西放置妥当。ADJ-GRADED
得体的；合乎体统的；正派的
If you say that a way of behaving is proper, you mean that it is considered socially acceptable and right.
例句
In those days it was not thought entirely proper for a woman to be on the stage...那个时候，女性登台表演被认为不太得体。It is right and proper to do this.这么做很得体。ADJ
严格意义上的；真正的；本身的
You can add proper after a word to indicate that you are referring to the central and most important part of a place, event, or object and want to distinguish it from other things which are not regarded as being important or central to it.
例句
A distinction must be made between archaeology proper and science-based archaeology.必须区分考古学本身和以科学为基础的考古学。英汉词典释义
adj.
适合的; 适当的; 适用的; 恰当的
He gave us a proper example.他给我们举了一个恰当的例子。To be rude to the old is not proper.对老人粗鲁是不适当的。It isn't proper to act like that.那样的行为是不恰当的。遵守规则的; 正确的
It is proper that you should ask your father.你当然应该问你的父亲。严格意义的; 本身的
We're in a proper mess now.我们现在真是一团糟。That guy is a proper terror.那家伙真是讨厌。合乎体统的; 正派的
固有的; 特有的
Language is proper to mankind.语言是人类所特有的。The nesting instinct is proper to birds.筑巢是鸟类的本能。专门的；独特的
严密的；正确的
本来的；真正的
合乎体统的；体面的；正派的；规矩的；正经的(常含夸张之意)
【**教】特定节日(或节日期间)用的仪式的
adv.
[方言]完完全全地；彻底地
n.
【**】[常用P-]特定节日等用的仪式，弥撒(祈祷、礼仪等)书的章节
英英词典释义
Adjective
1. marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness;
"proper medical treatment""proper manners"2. limited to the thing specified;
"the city proper""his claim is connected with the deed proper"3. appropriate for a condition or occasion;
"everything in its proper place""the right man for the job""she is not suitable for the position"4. having all the qualities typical of the thing specified;
"wanted a proper dinner; not just a snack""he finally has a proper job"行业词典
法律： 正当；
