柯林斯英汉双解大词典
suffice /səˈfaɪs/ CET6 TEM8 ( sufficing, sufficed, suffices )
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V-I If you say that something will suffice, you mean it will be enough to achieve a purpose or to fulfil a need. 足够 [正式] [no cont]
例：A cover letter should never exceed one page; often a far shorter letter will suffice.
附信绝不应超过一页；通常一封更短的信就足够了。
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PHRASE Suffice it to say or suffice to say is used at the beginning of a statement to indicate that what you are saying is obvious, or that you will only give a short explanation. 不必多言
例：Suffice it to say that afterwards we never met again.
不必多言，后来我们再也没见过面。
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This sufficed him for his living.
这已够他过活了。
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I looked forward to those precious weeks when one bag sufficed to meet my needs.
我期盼这这些珍贵的日子，在这些日子里一个包就能满足我的需求。
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In this case, because you just wanted to open or close port 22960, a single command sufficed.
在这里，因为只希望打开或关闭端口22960，所以使用单一命令就够了。
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Suppose that as a kind of back-up security whenever revolution has done is-- produced so much redundancy in the brain that either half of the brain was sufficed.
假设我们有理论支撑,未来的进化-,会使大脑产生很多多余的部分,我们只需要一半大脑就足够了。
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