apt

adj.

1. 恰当的；适当的
   suitable or appropriate in the circumstances
   1. a particularly apt description/name/comment
      特别恰当的描述 / 名字 / 评论
2. 易于…；有…倾向
   likely or having a natural tendency to do sth
   1. apt to be forgetful/careless
      健忘；常常粗心大意
   2. Babies are apt to put objects into their mouths.
      婴儿爱把东西往嘴里塞。
3. 天资聪颖的人
   a person who has a natural ability to learn and understand

1. ADJ-GRADED （话语、描述或选择）合适的，恰当的，贴切的
   An apt remark, description, or choice is especially suitable.
   1. The words of this report are as apt today as in 1929.
      这份报告的措词用在今天和用在1929年一样贴切。
   2. ...an apt description of the situation.
      对这种情况恰如其分的描述
2. ADJ-GRADED 易于…的；有…倾向的
   If someone is apt to do something, they often do it and so it is likely that they will do it again.
   1. She was apt to raise her voice and wave her hands about...
      她动不动就拔高嗓门，并挥舞双手。
   2. This type of weather is apt to be more common in winter.
      这种天气在冬季往往更为常见。

1. The words of this report are as apt today as in 1929.
   这份报告的措词用在今天和用在1929年一样贴切。
2. She was apt to raise her voice and wave her hands about
   她动不动就拔高嗓门，并挥舞双手。
3. This type of weather is apt to be more common in winter.
   这种天气在冬季往往更为常见。
4. 'Urchin', with its connotation of mischievousness, may not be a particularly apt word. urchin
   有淘气的含义，可能不是一个特别恰当的词。
5. People are apt to confuse the two issues.
   人们容易把这两个问题混淆起来。
6. The apt citations and poetic gems have adorned his speeches.
   贴切的引语和珠玑般的诗句为他的演说词增添文采。
7. If he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call up one thing to prove and illustrate another, let him study the lawyer's cases.
   如果某人不善于详细查看事物，仅限于用一事物去和另一事物对比、解释的话，就让他去见识见识律师怎么办案子。
8. Food is apt to deteriorate in summer.
   食物在夏天爱变质。
9. Is this not an apt description of those who do not have a scientific attitude?
   这难道不是对那些没有科学态度的人的一种恰如其分的描述吗？
10. Consequently angularities are apt to occur both below and above unconformities.
    因此，交角往往出现在不整合面的上部或下部。
11. That doesn't seem to be an apt translation.
    看来这段译文不十分妥帖。
12. Children playing in the street are apt to meet with accident.
    在街上玩耍的孩子易出事故。
13. He is apt at mathematics.
    他擅长数学。
14. He's apt to fall for flattery.
    他爱听奉承话。
15. He is the most apt of all pupils.
    他是所有学生中最聪明的一个。
16. Buyers are apt to offer a low price.
    买方倾向出一低价。
17. Albert is an apt scholar.
    艾伯特是一个思维敏捷的学者。
18. When foreign executives speak of their American counterparts, they are apt to be more scornful than awestruck.
    当国外的经理们谈到他们的美国同行时，往往是轻蔑多于敬畏。
19. The people there are apt to cheat strangers; they're particularly rough on nonnatives.
    那儿的人欺生，见了外地人特横。
20. The door is apt to be closed.
    这道门很好关。
21. This is an apt month for examining new work opportunities.
    这是调查新工作机会的恰当一个月。
22. We are apt to like people whose opinions are the same as ours.
    我们有一种喜欢意见与我们相同的人的倾向。
23. This is an apt description.
    这是一个恰当的描述。
24. Beginners are too apt to make mistakes.
    初学者很容易出错。犯了一次错，下次易再犯。
25. Not only is summer a hot season but also diseases are apt to happen.
    夏天不仅是个炎热的季节，而且疾病也容易发生。
26. If you have no enemies, you are apt to be in the same predicament in regard to friends.
    如果你没有敌人，你就容易陷入没有朋友的相同困境。
27. Wife, you are my this life's be apt most!
    妻子你是我的这一身中最合适的！
28. And when you're hungry, you're more apt to buy anything, not just food.
    而当你饿了，你就很容易掏钱买东西，不仅仅是买食物。
29. Oneself how trampled this thunder, the ear was creature subjected apt old crime.
    自己怎么踩了这个雷，耳朵要受老罪了。
30. Moreover, they are apt to leave voters and politicians alike suspicious and confused.
    而且，这容易使选民和政治家都产生疑虑和困惑。

  apt liable likely prone【导航词义：易于…的】

  apt adj. 易于…的，有…倾向的

〔辨析〕指天生具有做某事的倾向的，常后接动词不定式。

  liable adj. 易…的；易患…的

〔辨析〕只作表语，指因习惯或倾向性而易做某事或产生某种问题、患上某 种疾病等的，常后接动词不定式或介词 to。

  likely adj. 可能的

〔辨析〕指可能发生或属实的，强调可能性。

  prone adj. 有…倾向的，易于…的

〔辨析〕尤指有发生不好或有害之事倾向的，通常作表语，常后接介词 to 或动词不定式。