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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
sufficient
suf·fi·cient AW BrE [səˈfɪʃnt] NAmE [səˈfɪʃnt] adjective enough for a particular purpose; as much as you need • Allow sufficient time to get there. • One dose should be sufficient. •~ to do sth These reasons are not sufficient to justify the ban. •~ for sth/sb Is £100 sufficient for your expenses? Opp: ↑insufficient see also ↑self-sufficient Derived Word: ↑sufficiently Word Origin: [sufficient sufficiently] Middle English (in the sense ‘legally satisfactory’): from Old French, or from Latin sufficient- ‘meeting the need of’, from sufficere ‘put under, meet the need of’, from sub- ‘under’ + facere ‘make’. Example Bank: •Our budget is hardly sufficient to pay people, let alone buy any new equipment. •The salary proved sufficient for his needs.
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