Suitable; fitting; appropriate. 适合的;适当的;合宜的。 Belonging naturally to some person or thing; peculiar. 专属的;独特的。 Every animal has its proper instincts. 动物各有本性。 According to accepted usage; correct; conventional; respectable. 合于习惯的;正当的;合于习俗的;高尚的。 Pertaining to a stated, restricted part. 某一狭义部分的;本部的。 In the strict sense of the word. 严格定义的。 proper for the occasion 合乎时宜。 paint (sb) in (his) proper color 公正地评述(某人)。 put (sb) in (his) proper place 使(某人)守本分。 proper name [noun] 【文法】专有名词。 adv. properly. n. properness. |