ad·e·quate /-kwət/
  (a.)足夠的,充分的;適當的,適合的
  Ad·e·quate a.  Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient; as, powers adequate to a great work; an adequate definition.
     Ireland had no adequate champion.   --De Quincey.
  Syn: -- Proportionate; commensurate; sufficient; suitable; competent; capable.
  Ad·e·quate v. t.
  1. To equalize; to make adequate. [R.]
  2. To equal. [Obs.]
     It [is] an impossibility for any creature to adequate God in his eternity.   --Shelford.
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  adequate
       adj 1: (sometimes followed by `to') meeting the requirements
              especially of a task; "she had adequate training";
              "her training was adequate"; "she was adequate to the
              job" [ant: inadequate]
       2: enough to meet a purpose; "an adequate income"; "the food
          was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food"; "food
          enough" [syn: decent, enough]
       3: about average; acceptable; "more than adequate as a
          secretary" [syn: passable, fair to middling]