suffice
v
1 [I, Ipr, It, Tn no passive 不用於被動語態]
~ (for sb/sth) (not in the continuous tenses 不用於進行時態) (fml 文) be enough (for sb/sth); be adequate 能滿足(某人[某事物])之需要的; 足夠的
Will 10 suffice for the trip? 這趟行程10英鎊夠用嗎?
One warning sufficed to stop her doing it. 給她一次警告就足以制止她做那件事了.
A light lunch should suffice me. 有一點兒午飯就夠我吃了.
2 (idm 習語) suffice it to say (that)... (used to suggest that even though one could say more, what one does say should be enough to show what one means 用以指不必多說, 只須說...就夠了)
I won't go into all the depressing details; suffice it to say that the whole affair was an utter disaster. 我不必細說那些讓人聽了難受的事, 只說一句就夠了, 整件事是個慘禍.
No matter how much you want to bathe, it just isn't safe.
不管你多想在這里游泳(都不要游),這里不安全。
Then, instead of having someone answering the phone all day, people can ring up the railway station and listen to a tape recording of the information.
然后,人們可以打電話到火車站,從錄音電話中獲取信息,而不要安排一個專人整天接電話。
Among the different types of bee, it is the honey bee that has most interested scientists because of the language they use to communicate with each other.