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enough

e·nough1 /ɪˈnʌf/ ●●● S1 W1 adverbadv [always after a verb, adjectiveadj, or adverbadv]  
1  ENOUGHto the degree that is necessary or wanted 足够(地)
 Are the carrots cooked enough?
胡萝卜煮熟了吗？
 He just hadn’t thought enough about the possible consequences.
他就是没有充分考虑可能造成的后果。
 You can go to school when you’re old enough.
你够年龄就可以上学了。
enough for
 Is the water warm enough for you?
你看这水够热吗？
enough to do something
 Will Evans be fit enough to play?
埃文斯的身体状况能够参加比赛吗？
 The rooms are all large enough to take a third bed.
这些房间都很大，足够放下第三张床。
 Surely no one would be foolish enough to lend him the money?
肯定没有人会傻到把钱借给他吧？
 You’re late. It’s just not good enough (=not satisfactory or acceptable).
你迟到了，这确实不像样。
2  QUITE/FAIRLYfairly but not very 相当；尚
 I was happy enough in Bordeaux, but I missed my family.
我在波尔多过得不错，但还是想家。
 He’s a nice enough young man.
他是一个相当不错的小伙子。
3  bad/difficult/hard etc enough used to say that a situation is already bad and you do not want it to get any worse (已经)够糟糕/困难/艰苦(的)等〔用于表示不希望情况变得更糟〕
 Life’s difficult enough without you interfering all the time.
没有你成天搅和，生活就已经够艰难的了。
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bad/difficult/hard etc enough• Even a Patel, probably a Bhatt if I looked hard enough.• She identified the problem not as trying too hard to live up to a domestic ideal but as not trying hard enough.• That was going to be difficult enough anyway.• This would be bad enough if California prisons were full of nothing but Charles Mansons.• Since the cold war ended in 1988, they have worked hard enough to produce some kind of an economic miracle.• The ties with the past difficult enough to sever already.• It's bad enough trying to fly with unequal line lengths; having an asymmetric kite can be most frustrating!
4  lucky/unfortunate etc enough to be/do something used to say that someone is lucky or unlucky that something happens to them 幸运/不幸等遇到/做某事
 They were unlucky enough to be caught in the storm.
他们不幸遇到了暴风雨。
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lucky/unfortunate etc enough to be/do something• Alan was lucky enough to discover a scorpion in the fruit bowl.• And handsome David Wood, who now runs his own hairdressing salon in Melbourne, was lucky enough to date her.• And when I was lucky enough to enjoy some rare hot weather my feet stayed as cool as I could have expected.• If you are lucky enough to see one, observe it from a distance.• Regardless of their preferences, not every couple is lucky enough to find two equal jobs in the same community.• Some authors are lucky enough to think naturally in terms of story.• And I was lucky enough to sit in the catbird seat and watch and learn and be changed myself.• I thought I had been lucky enough to pick up a shore current that was helping me along toward the rip.
5  would you be good/kind enough to do sth? spoken used to ask someone politely to do something for you 帮忙做某事好吗？
 Would you be good enough to hold the door open?
帮忙把住门，别让它关上好吗？
6  strangely/oddly/curiously etc enough STRANGEused to say that a fact or something that happens is strange or surprising 奇怪的是，说来奇怪
 Strangely enough, I didn’t feel at all nervous when I faced the audience.
奇怪的是，我面对听众时一点也不感到紧张。
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strangely/oddly/curiously etc enough• Verence was right, oddly enough.• It was a devastating headache but, oddly enough, as a rule he didn't mind it.• Such basic work, oddly enough, has been largely neglected.• And yet, strangely enough, he was.• Yet, strangely enough, it was Martinho the malais appeared to favour.• The workers responded with hundreds of ideas and, oddly enough, management accepted and implemented many of them.• Her large grin and knotted black curls were, strangely enough, more memorable.• Everyone was hideously drunk except strangely enough myself.
7  near enough British EnglishBrE spokenALMOST used when you are guessing a number, amount, time etc because you cannot be exact 几乎，差不多〔用于猜测数字、数量、时间等〕
 The full cost comes to £3,000, near enough.
全部费用差不多有3,000英镑。
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near enough• No one was near enough to accost her or wonder about her presence.• Jones and Brewer have had a long series of injuries, but both are near enough to fitness and form.• At noon they saw it; then they were near enough to hear it.• He is near enough to hear them calling, the words bounced and steered and elongated by the contours of the land.• Filmer had been sitting with his back to me, it was true, but near enough to overhear.• The Trojans were almost near enough to set the ships on fire.• When he saw me, he leaned on his shovel until I was near enough to shake hands.
→ fair enough at fair1(14), → sure enough at sure2(1)
5 GRAMMAR 语法
Enough comes after adjectives and adverbs, never before them. enough 置于形容词及副词之后，绝对不可 放在 二者之前
The printer is light enough (NOT 不说 enough light) to move easily.
这台打印机挺轻的，方便移动。
Their business wasn’t growing fast enough.
他们的业务发展得不够快。
n GRAMMAR: Word order
You use enough after an adjective or adverb:
It’s small enough to fit in your pocket.
We’re not going fast enough.
✗Don’t say: It’s enough small to fit in your pocket. | We’re not going enough fast.
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enough• Now, off you go, you have kept him waiting long enough.• Will that box be strong enough?• Bob worked the crank machine, to get the dough thin enough.• I have failed to heal him with my compliance; all my efforts have not been good enough.• It's getting late, and you two have talked enough for one day.• The sled is big enough for three children to ride on it safely.• The gain will be large enough, however, to hold the unemployment rate steady at 5. 6 percent.• When the rested section was robust enough, it would be re-opened and another section closed, and so on.• The pole was just long enough to reach the top window.• Might it prove wide enough to sink Bob Dole too?• Raphael is probably the only one crazy enough to try it.• On the third day, I am strong enough to wash and do my laundry.• She's nice enough when I see her, but I don't think she really likes me.
enough for• The song "Silent Night" is easy enough for a child to play.• Our car wasn't big enough for all of the suitcases.• Don't grab. There's enough for everyone.
enough2 ●●● S1 W2 determiner , pronoun  
1  ENOUGHas many or as much as is needed or wanted 足够(的)，充足(的)，充分(的)
 Have I given you enough money?
我给你的钱够吗？
 Not enough is known about what happened.
对所发生的事情了解得还不够多。
enough for
 There aren’t enough chairs for everyone.
这些椅子不够每人一把。
enough to do/eat etc
 Erica was worried that the children weren’t getting enough to eat.
埃丽卡担心孩子们会吃不饱。
enough (something) to do something
 The police didn’t have enough evidence to convict him.
警方没有足够的证据给他定罪。
 He didn’t even earn enough to pay the rent.
他挣的钱甚至连付房租都不够。
 You’ve had more than enough time to make all the preparations.
你已经有足够多的时间来做好一切准备。
enough to go round (=enough of something for everyone to have some) 足够所有人分
 Do you think we’ve got enough pizza to go round?
你觉得我们的比萨饼每人一份够吗？
not nearly/nowhere near enough informal (=much less than you need) 远远不够
 We only had $500, and that was nowhere near enough to buy a new camcorder.
我们只有500美元，要买一台新的便携式摄像机是远远不够的。
time/reason/trouble etc enough old-fashioned
 Come on – there’ll be time enough to chat later.
好了，以后有的是时间可以再聊。
2  used to say that a situation is already bad and you do not want it to get any worse 够多(的)〔用于表示情况已经很糟，不想再添乱了〕
3  have had enough (of something) spoken used to say you are tired or angry about a situation and want it to stop 受够了(某事)
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have had enough (of something)• By Saturday, both parties appeared to have had enough.• Eat what is on offer and enjoy it without guilt, but stop when you have had enough.• Whatever the explanation, many people in Hong Kong have had enough.• Others, if they have had enough attention, will simply start to struggle and then leap down or move away.• But I think perhaps you have had enough lessons for one night.• Male speaker People have had enough of crime in rural areas.• My guess is that many of you have had enough of life before modernity.• I'd had enough of the neighbors' noise, so I called the police.• If you have had enough, stop eating.
4  enough is enough spoken used to say that something that is happening should stop 够了〔用于表示正在发生的事情应当停止〕
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enough is enough• Finally my grandmother said, "Enough is enough, " and left him after 35 years of suffering.• Before I got back, I said enough is enough.• But for Arthur Taylor enough is enough - he's moving out.• Facing up to it I am an avid Punch reader, but enough is enough.• It is time to say enough is enough.• Most of them think enough is enough.• The kittens tolerate a certain amount of this before deciding that enough is enough.• Then, it was as if the baseball gods said enough is enough.• They say people are made of dust, but enough is enough.
5  that’s (quite) enough  (also enough already American EnglishAmE) spoken used to tell someone to stop doing something 行了〔用于叫某人停止做某事〕
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that’s (quite) enough• Come now, that's enough.• He's in the fourth year of a six-year, $ 75 million contract, and that's enough for him.• I think McDunn at least believes me and that's enough for now.• That's quite enough for one day at altitude, there and back.• Well that's enough of mechanical problems lets have some questions.• So it gives pleasure, and that's enough really.
6  enough said spoken used to tell someone that they do not need to say any more because you understand the point they are making 不用再说了〔表示都明白了〕
Examples from the Corpus
enough said• The other trust hospital is at Ayr: enough said.
7  can’t get enough of something/somebody informal to enjoy something so much that you want more and more of it 对某物/某人如痴如狂
n Grammar
You use enough before uncountable and plural nouns:
There isn’t enough time.
There aren’t enough books.
 THESAURUS
enough /ɪˈnʌf/ as much or as many as necessary, or as you want 〔必需或想要之物〕足够(的)，充足(的)， 充分(的)
My family never had enough money for holidays abroad.
我们家从来都没有足够的钱去国外度假。
Have you had enough to eat?
你的食物够吃吗？
sufficient formal enough for a particular purpose 〔为达到某一目的〕足够的，充足的
The police did not have sufficient evidence to justify a charge.
警方没有足够证据提出指控。
The accuracy of the older technique was sufficient for our needs.
旧技术的精确程度足以满足我们的需要。
adequate formal enough in quantity or good enough in quality for a particular purpose 〔数量〕足够的；〔质量〕合乎需要的
All staff must be given adequate training in health and safety.
所有员工都必须接受健康及安全方面的适当培训。
The heating system was barely adequate.
暖气设备只是勉强能用。
ample more than enough for what is needed 充足的，充裕的
Local residents will be given ample opportunity to express their views.
当地居民会有充分的机会表达意见。
People used to think that 1 GB of memory was ample for the average personal computer.
人们过去认为普通个人电脑有1G内存就足够了。
plenty an amount that is enough or more than enough 充足，大量
Allow yourself plenty of time to get to the airport.
预留出充足的时间去机场。
Your daughter won’t need much cash at camp ($20-$25 will be plenty).
你女儿参加野营无需太多现金(20到25美元已足够)。
something will do/something should do spoken used to say that a particular number or amount will be enough for what you need …就够(了)
‘How many envelopes do you want?’ ‘Ten should do.’
“你要多少信封？”“十个就够了。
Examples from the Corpus
enough to do/eat etc• I wondered whether she had enough to eat.• Tens of thousands of miners and loggers were dumped in the middle of the jungle without enough to eat.• We do not have enough to eat.• Organization replaces individual authority; no individual is powerful enough to do much damage.• Who could hate her enough to do such a thing?• Fortunately, they were professional enough to do the gig, but it served no useful purpose.• Anyone who has passed an exam to get into an important university is dedicated enough to do well for the firm.• The players we have are good enough to do well without people like him.
e·nough1 adverbadv →5 GRAMMAR1 →n GRAMMAR2enough2 determiner →n GRAMMAR1 →THESAURUS1
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enough
Enough and sufficiency: enough, sufficient, ample...

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