Suit

(noun.) a set of garments (usually including a jacket and trousers or skirt) for outerwear all of the same fabric and color; 'they buried him in his best suit'.

(noun.) playing card in any of four sets of 13 cards in a pack; each set has its own symbol and color; 'a flush is five cards in the same suit'; 'in bridge you must follow suit'; 'what suit is trumps?'.

(noun.) a petition or appeal made to a person of superior status or rank.

(noun.) (slang) a businessman dressed in a business suit; 'all the suits care about is the bottom line'.

(verb.) be agreeable or acceptable to; 'This suits my needs'.

(verb.) be agreeable or acceptable; 'This time suits me'.

巴纳德编辑

• This is no sordid suit. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• He has a watch and a chain and a ring and a breast-pin and a handsome suit of clothes. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• But it shall be the suit, my dear girl, the suit, my dear girl! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• There were dealers to suit every class and condition of people. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Soon after the arrival of the suit I donned it, and put off for Cincinnati on horseback. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• In a suit against the Boston Incandescent Lamp Company et al. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• I thought there was something in the dimple that didn't quite suit you. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• It's suits o' clothes. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• By this means the instrument suits all eyes, without requiring adjustment, and the field of view is increased. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Such levity is proper enough in the provinces, we make no doubt, but it ill suits the dignity of the metropolis. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Arkwright withdrew the other suits he had started, and wrote and published his Case, in order to set forth to the world the truth of his claims. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• It suits us well enough. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Not of one of the greatest Chancery suits known? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Jane suits me: do I suit her? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Not that there was any particular harm in the man beyond his cocoa trees; but we never suited nor understood each other. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• The artist then has a limited portion of the wall covered over with a fine sort of plaster, and upon this he traces from his cartoon the part of the design suited for the space. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Mr. Lake developed an instrument suited to this purpose and one which gave a simultaneous view of the entire horizon. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• If it suited her to grow ugly, why need others fret themselves on the subject? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• No doubt this automatic and balanced theory of government suited admirably that distrust of the people which seems to have been a dominant feeling among the Fathers. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• This was the right discipline for Ginevra; it suited her. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Because, dear, I don't think you suited to one another. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• We all said it would be warmand we all felt pleasure in folding away heavy garments, and in assuming the attire suiting a sunny season. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Now we have left work off; we have left off suiting one another. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Suiting my reply to his love of brevity and dispatch, I said, 'That would suit me. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The old gentleman bowed respectfully; and advancing to the magistrate's desk, said, suiting the action to the word, 'That is my name and address, sir. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• It looks hospitable, and I want the poor child to have a good time after all her trouble, said Mrs. March, suiting the action to the word. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.

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