properly

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prop·er·ly /ˈprɒpəli $ ˈprɑːpərli/ S1 W2 adverbadv

1 RIGHT/PROPER especially British EnglishBrE correctly, or in a way that is considered right 正确地；适当地 SYN American English right

The brakes don’t seem to be working properly.

刹车似乎不正常。

Then he’s not doing his job properly.

那么他没把分内事做好。

Parents should teach their children to behave properly in public.

家长应该教导子女在公共场合要有规有矩。

properly trained staff

训练有素的员工

2 especially British EnglishBrECOMPLETELY completely or fully 完全地；充分地 SYN thoroughly

Is the chicken properly defrosted?

鸡肉彻底解冻了吗？

The allegations were never properly investigated.

那些指控从未得到彻底调查。

3 IN FACT formal really 真正地；实际上

Documents properly belonging to the family were taken away.

本来属于那家人的文件被拿走了。

properly speaking British EnglishBrE (=really)

It isn’t, properly speaking, a real science.

那实际上不是真正的科学。

4 RIGHT/PROPERused to say that someone is right to do something 理所当然，合情合理〔用于表示某人做某事是正确的〕 SYN rightly

quite/very/perfectly properly

People are, quite properly, proud of their homes.

人们为自己的家感到自豪，这是应该的。

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properly• Surely manufacturers who offer these products and recommend them of use as a priming support for oils have done their research properly?• He accused me of not doing my job properly.• He questions whether the experiments were conducted properly.• Keep on using lead free if the engine is not set properly after its recent service.• Shamlou stood before her, and for the first time looked properly at his victim.• Finding running shoes that fit properly can be tricky.• Make sure the door is properly closed.• But Sierra Club lobbyist Raena Honan said the program never was properly funded since being approved in 1986.• The failure to treat Tamils properly has carried a fearsome price.• It will take time to properly investigate the matter.• In fact I damn nearly lost early on because I found it hard to concentrate properly on her defence strategy.• However, the insurer probably will inspect the new house carefully, to be sure that it is properly retrofitted against earthquakes.• For this reason any purchaser will wish to see that all documents in the chain of title are properly stamped.• The company had failed to properly train their workers.

properly speaking• But, even if not properly speaking a science, it is still worthy of systematic pursuit.• A woman can not, properly speaking, desire at all.• If knowledge, properly speaking, is knowledge of necessary causes, or real inner natures, then they are.

quite/very/perfectly properly• I believe that until very recently it operated perfectly properly.• Whilst the issue of alcohol abuse is quite properly a matter for concern, it should be seen in perspective.• The authority quite properly denies them the choice, and exercises it itself.• In a functional department we face quite properly increasing pressure on our resources.• They will be decided perfectly properly on the basis that the claims have been made.• Mr Justice Douglas quite properly points out that the conspiracy before us is not a conspiracy to overthrow the Government.• If proofs there are in this book they are only that Marxism is now quite properly the preserve of cranks and dreamers.• But they are not satisfied beyond reasonable doubt so they decide, quite properly, to acquit of robbery.

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