apropos

英 [ˌæprəˈpəʊ]

美 [ˌæprəˈpoʊ]

prep.  关于; 至于

GRE

BNC.43069 / COCA.24888

牛津词典

prep.

• 关于；至于
  concerning or related to sb/sth
  1. Apropos (of) what you were just saying…
     至于你刚才所说的…

柯林斯词典

• PREP 关于；至于
  Something which isapropos, orapropos of, a subject or event, is connected with it or relevant to it.
  1. All my suggestions apropos the script were accepted...
     我所有有关该剧本的建议均被采纳了。
  2. George Orwell once asked, apropos of publishers, 'Why don't they just say, “We don't want your poems”?'
     乔治·奥威尔一次提及出版商时曾问道：“为什么他们不干脆说，‘我们不想要你的诗作’？”
• PREP 说到;提到
  Aproposorapropos ofis used to introduce something that you are going to say which is related to the subject you have just been talking about.
  1. Apropos Dudley Moore living in California he said, 'He loves the space, Californians have a lot of space.'
     提到住在加利福尼亚的达德利·穆尔，他说：“他喜欢开阔，加利福尼亚人的生活空间非常开阔。”
• ADJ-GRADED 恰当的;合适的
  Something that isaproposis very suitable in a particular situation.
  1. It was a verse from the book of Job. It was so apropos.
     这是摘自乔布书中的一句诗，用得非常恰当。

英英释义

adj

• of an appropriate or pertinent nature

adv

• introducing a different topic
  1. incidentally, I won't go to the party
  Synonym:by the wayby the byeincidentally
• at an opportune time
  1. your letter arrived apropos
  Synonym:seasonablytimelywell-timed

双语例句

• You speak quite apropos.
  你说话很恰当。
• This model can simulat the economy destruction due to earthquake and recovery post-disaster more apropos.
  这样一个动态模型可确切地描述地震对经济系统的破坏及破坏后的恢复过程。
• I thought he spoke very apropos.
  我认为他说得很中肯。
• I should have let you drive yourself today," he announced, apropos of ".
  今天我必须让你自己开车回去。
• Apropos what you said yesterday, I think you were right.
  关于你昨天所说的话，我想你是对的。
• They go off to a place to dream, dreaming because of and apropos of the music yet never quite listening to it.
  他们到另一个所在去梦想，他们由于有了音乐而梦想，关于音乐的梦想，但却从来不真正在听音乐。
• It was a verse from the book of Job. It was so apropos.
  这是摘自乔布书中的一句诗，用得非常恰当。
• Lecture which is about monetary policy and it's really apropos right now.
  现在我想开始今天的主题-讲座，I，want，to，then，start，today's，talk–，关于货币政策，并且现在谈论他是非常合乎时宜的。
• It may be surprising to see emotional sensibility invoked apropos of mathematical demonstrations which, it would seem, can interest only the intellect.
  看到情感认知能唤起适当的数学证明，也许令人惊异；因为我们本认为这仅仅关系到智力。
• Though one story does not a rebuttal make, this one story is so apropos, I am going to lead with it.
  通过这个故事也许不能完全做出反驳，但我将会用它来说明一些问题。