知识扩展
易混词辨析
adequate、inadequate、insufficient
1. inadequate:形容词 “不足的;不充分的;不胜任的(侧重 “数量或能力无法满足需求”)”(搭配 “inadequate funds;inadequate skills;inadequate for the task”);
2. adequate:形容词 “足够的;适当的(反义词)”,近义差异(“adequate preparation”(足够的准备) vs “inadequate preparation”(准备不足));
3. insufficient:形容词 “不足的;不够的(侧重 “数量不足,正式”)”,近义差异(“insufficient time”(时间不足) vs “inadequate time and experience”(时间和经验不足));
4. 高频错拼:易漏写 “a”(误写 “inadequate” 为 “inadequate”);
5. 搭配误区:“inadequate for + 目的”(正确,“inadequate for the job”(不胜任这份工作)),“insufficient” 无此搭配(如 “insufficient for the job” 错误)。