够 [gòu]

• 形容词
  • （数量上可以满足需要） enough; sufficient; adequate:
  • （数量上可以满足需要） enough; sufficient; adequate:

    Eight men will be quite enough.

    八个人就足够了。

    His wages are adequate to support three people.

    他的工资够养活三口人。

• 动词
  • （能达到、触到或摸到） reach:

    Can you reach those books on the upper shelf?

    你能够到书架上面那一格上的书吗?

    By standing on tip-toe, I managed to reach the button.

    我踮起脚才勉强够着电钮。

  • （达到某一点或某种程度） be up to (a certain standard, etc.):

    work that is up to standard;

    够标准的工作

    All the cotton they sold to the state was top grade.

    他们交售的棉花全部够得上一级。

  • （满足需要） suffice:

    Here a single example will suffice.

    这里只举一个例子就够了。

    Suffice it to say that the gun was his.

    只要说那枝枪是他的就够了。

• 副词
  • （相当; 很; 确实） quite; enough; rather; really:
  • （相当; 很; 确实） quite; enough; rather; really:

    You've really done a hard day's work.

    今天你们可够辛苦了。

    It is light enough to read.

    看书的光线还是够亮的。