apropos是什么意思？

apropos

英[ˌæprəˈpəʊ] 美[ˌæprəˈpoʊ]

• adj. 恰当的，关于，就…而言；
• adv. 恰当地，顺便地；

例句

• Shipwrecks are apropos of nothing. 船只失事总是来得出人意料.
• 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。”
• 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’？”
• Apropos, I have something to tell you. 顺便, 我有点事跟你说.
• He arrived very apropos. 他来得很及时.
• I thought he spoke very apropos. 我认为他说得很中肯.
• 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。
• 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。”
• 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’？”
• All my suggestions apropos the script were accepted... 我所有有关该剧本的建议均被采纳了。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• PREP
  关于；至于
  Something which is apropos, or apropos of, a subject or event, is connected with it or relevant to it.
  例句
  All my suggestions apropos the script were accepted... 我所有有关该剧本的建议均被采纳了。 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
  Apropos or apropos of is used to introduce something that you are going to say which is related to the subject you have just been talking about.
  例句
  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 is apropos is very suitable in a particular situation.
  例句
  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。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. of an appropriate or pertinent nature
• Adverb
  1. by the way;
  "apropos, can you lend me some money for the weekend?"
  2. at an opportune time;
  "your letter arrived apropos"