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硬面虽然不适合包饺子， 却适合做刀削面。

Though not suitable for making steamed stuffed buns, stiff dough is suitable for making shaved noodles. → 硬面

这个场子够大，可是音响效果不好，不适合用来开音乐会。

The place is big enough, but the acoustics are not good enough for a concert. → 场子

这件衣服的服式不适合你。

The style of these clothes does not suit you. → 服式

他说“你会找到更好的”的话外音是“我不适合你”。

He said "You can find someone better than me". What he really meant was; "I am not suitable for you". → 话外音

她声音过于尖细， 不适合唱歌。

Her voice is too small and shrill, which prevents her from being a singer. → 尖细

缣帛很轻， 就是造价有点高， 不适合用来写字。

Fine silk is light, but it is expensive, therefore it is not the best choice as a writing material. → 缣帛

他脖子短， 不适合穿立领的毛衣。

Having a short neck, he is not suitable to wear a turtle neck sweater. → 立领

这种气候不适合落叶植物的生长。

The climate is not suitable for deciduous vegetation. → 落叶植物

沙壤土不适合种植这种高大树木。

Sand soil is not fit to plant such tall trees. → 沙壤土

有些人不适合做老师，比如小王。

Some people are not suited to teaching, Xiao Wang for instance. → 比如

他觉得我不适合做这项工作。

He doesn't think I'm suited for this work. → 觉得

这种水硬度太高，不适合饮用。

This kind of water is too hard: it's not suitable for drinking. → 硬度

这里的地气不适合种植水稻。 → 地气

这人太死板，不适合做公关工作 → 死板

适合于她的情况不一定都会适合于你， 你看问题不要太模式化了。

What suits her may not suit you. You should not standardize things. → 模式化

This color doesn't fit you, it looks better against a more pale skin.

这个颜色不适合你，它更适合皮肤白些的人。

The economy is going down; it's a bad time to buy an apartment.

经济不景气，所以现在不适合买房。

to be unfit for sth/to do sth

不胜任某事/不适合做某事 → unfit

I wouldn't call "Anna Karenina" an airport book.

我觉得《安娜·卡列尼娜》不适合作为在机场候机时的消遣读物。 → airport

I'm pretty sure it's a bad day to start learning how to drive.

我想这种天气肯定不适合学潜水。 → bad