apropos
中文来自 ECDICT
- adj.
- 适当的,恰好的
- adv.
- 适当地,恰好地
演变路径(由近及远)
- 英语
- 借自 ←法语 à propos “on that subject”
词源说明
Borrowed from French à propos (“on that subject”).
Similar in meaning and form, and to some extent etymology, to appropriate, but not a doublet of it.
释义(英文)
形容词 Adjective
- Of an appropriate or pertinent nature.
- By the way, incidental.
介词 Preposition
- Regarding, concerning, in regard to, on the subject of.
副词 Adverb
- By the way.
- Timely; at a good time.
- To the purpose; appropriately.
名词 Noun
- (obsolete) Fittingness, pertinence.