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形容詞相当語句

Fit （person―for the post） ; proper （conduct―for the occasion） ; fit and proper （person）; fit and eligible （person）; suitable （house―to the person or place―for the purpose）; right （man）; meet （for a man）; condign （punishment）; apt （instance）; apposite （case―to the case）; appropriate （example―to the occasion）; competent, qualified （for doing something）:（=する） to fit （a post）; to suit （one's taste）; to be suited （to the person, place, or occasion―for the purpose）; to be in place

用例

• 誰か適当な人物のお心当たりは有りませんか
  Can't you think of some fit person?

• 僕が適当な人を推薦しよう
  I will recommend a fit person―a fit and proper person―a fit and eligible person―for the post.
• 彼は最も適当な人物だ
  He is the very man for the post―just the man for the post―the right man in the right place.
• この仕事には彼が最も適当だ
  He is the very man for the work―just the man for the work―the right man for the work―the man for the work.
• もっと適当な時を見てする
  Choose some more proper occasion!
• 場合に適当な言葉を使え
  Use words proper for the occasion―suited to the occasion.
• 君は教師に適当だ
  You are suited for a teacher―（生来なら）―made for a teacher―cut out for a teacher―（学力の上からなら）―competent for teaching―qualified for teaching.
• 彼は新聞記者がすこぶる適当している
  He is cut out for a journalist
  Journalism is the thing for him.
• どうも適当な家が無い
  I can not find a suitable house.
• 帯に短し襷に長しで適当な人が無い
  I can not find a suitable person.
• ここに適当な例がある
  Here is an apt instance―a case in point.
• この場合に最も適当な例を挙げよう
  I will cite an instance apposite to the case―appropriate to the occasion.
• この辺で事の概略を述べておくのが適当であろう
  Here it may not be out of place to state an outline of the matter.