sufficient adj. 1.充分的,足夠的。 2.〔古語〕有能力的,能勝任的,夠資格的。 sufficient food 充足的食物。 Not sufficient!【銀行】存款不足〔略 N/S〕。 have not sufficient courage for it 沒有做這事的充分勇氣。 S- unto the day is the evil thereof (=sufficient for the day is its evil) 【圣經】今日之憂患已夠今日打發(不能再為明天憂慮了)。 It is sufficient to feed a hundred men. 這足夠供養一百個人的。 n. 〔主、卑〕足夠(的量)。 Have you had sufficient? 你(吃)夠了嗎? adv. -ly
quantity n. 1.量 (opp. quality); 分量,數量;額;【物理學】值,參量。 2.〔pl.〕大量,大宗,大批,許多。 3.定量,定額。 4.【數學】量;表示量的數字[符號];【邏輯學】(名詞、特別是命題主語的)量。 5.【音韻學】音節的長短;表示音節長短的符號;【語音】(元[母]、音節等的)音量。 6.【法律】期限。 a known quantity 已知數。 an unknown quantity 未知數;〔比喻〕難預測的人[物]。 a negligible quantity 可忽略的量;〔比喻〕無足輕重的人〔物〕;可忽略的因素。 a quantity of 一些。 in quantities 大量。 in quantity 很多。
I carefully sav d the ears of this corn you may be sure in their season , which was about the end of june ; and laying up every corn , resolv d to sow them all again , hoping in time to have some quantity sufficient to supply me with bread ; but it was not till the 4th year that i could allow my self the least grain of this corn to eat , and even then but sparingly , as i shall say afterwards in its order ; for i lost all that i sow d the first season , by not observing the proper time ; for i sow d it just before the dry season , so that it never came up at all , at least , not as it would ha done : of which in its place 然而,對發生這樣的奇跡,對意料之外的天意,我還是應該感恩戴德的。老鼠吃掉了絕大部分谷粒,而僅存的十幾顆竟然沒有壞掉,仿佛從天上掉下來似的,發生這樣的奇跡難道不是天意又是什么呢?再說,我把這十幾顆谷粒不扔在其他地方,恰恰扔在巖壁下,因而遮住了太陽,使其很快長了出來如果丟在別處,肯定早就給太陽曬死了,這難道不是天意嗎?