felicitous

• adj. 恰当的；善于措辞的；幸福的

来自felicity, 恰当，贴切。

felicitous (adj.)

1726, "blissful, very happy," from felicity + -ous. There is an isolated use of felicitously from 1530s.

1. Her prose style is not always felicitous; she tends to repetition.

她的行文风格并非总是恰到好处，往往爱重复。

来自柯林斯例句

2. a felicitous turn of phrase

贴切的措辞

来自《权威词典》

3. She played him -- sometimes delicately, sometimes with a less felicitous touch.

她吊着他 -- 有时温柔地, 有时手法就不那么巧妙.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4. Nationalization is a word which is neither very felicitous nor free from ambiguity.

国有化是个既不十分贴切,意义也颇含糊的用语.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. You need to handle the delicate matter in a most felicitous manner.

你需要用得体的方式处理这件微妙的事。

来自辞典例句