befitted

英 [bɪˈfɪtɪd]

美 [bɪˈfɪtɪd]

v.  适合; 对…相称
befit的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 适合；适宜
  If somethingbefitsa person or thing, it is suitable or appropriate for them.
  1. They offered him a post befitting his seniority and experience...
     他们给他提供了一个同他资历相当的职位。
  2. He writes beautifully, as befits a poet.
     他文笔优美，适合当诗人。

双语例句

• She dressed as befitted the daughter of a millionaire.
  她的穿着跟她百万富翁女儿的身份相称。
• It was courteous, as befitted a young man speaking to an older man of Fanucci's eminence.
  他表现得很谦恭，很适合一个年轻人在向法努其这样显赫的人说话时应有的礼貌。
• He wore a sober suit that befitted the occasion.
  他穿着一套与那样的场合相称的素净衣服。
• Old One-Eye, as befitted a chief and leader, paddled out alone, facing peril for the rest of the tribe.
  那独眼老人不愧为酋长和首领，他单枪匹马荡桨涉水，为整个部落探险来了。
• My mother would release her disconcerts by sullen drones of complaints and scoldings, as befitted her role of the disciplinarian of the family.
  我母亲会通过絮絮叨叨地抱怨和斥责来排解她的不称心，正如她在家里所扮演的严格执行纪律的角色。