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应付 (應付)

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  • [yìngfù]
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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

应付 [yìngfù]
  1. 1. verb [采取办法] handle
  2. 2. verb [敷衍] do half-heartedly
  3. 3. verb [将就] make do with
    没有更好的衣服,就穿这件应付吧。
    I don't have any better clothes: I'll just make do with this.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

应付 [yìngfù]
  1. 1. deal with; cope with; handle;manage;meet
    准备应付可能的突然事变
    be prepared against all possible emergencies
    定单过多,难于应付
    We cannot cope with such a flood of orders.
    国家要做好应付突发事件的准备工作。
  2. 2. do something perfunctorily; do something after a fashion
    应付事儿
    go through the motions
    采取应付的态度
    take a perfunctory attitude
  3. 3. make do
    我这双凉鞋今年夏天还可以应付过去。
    I'll make do with these sandals for this summer.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

应付 [yìngfù]
  1. 1. 采取办法或措施对付(人或事)
    很难应付
    应付考试。
  2. 2. 敷衍;将就
    办事要认真,不应该应付
    应付差事。

Examples

应付了事
to deal with something carelessly
应收(应付)票据
bills receivable (payable)
无法应付
unable to cope with; at the end of one's resources
应付事儿
go through the motions
我这双凉鞋今年夏天还可以应付过去。
I'll make do with these sandals for this summer.
他挣的不多,但足以应付生活所需。
He does not earn a large salary but it is adequate for his needs.

Word Decomposition


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