to appropriate
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挪用, 盗用
to take something for one's own use, especially illegally or without the owner's permission
Transitive: to appropriate sth
例子
The employee was fired for appropriating company funds for personal expenses.
该员工因将公司资金挪用于个人开支而被解雇。
Artifacts were stolen from the museum, and the thieves were caught appropriating cultural heritage.
文物从博物馆被盗，小偷在盗用文化遗产时被抓获。
例子
The government decided to appropriate funds for the new healthcare program.
政府决定为新的医疗保健计划拨出资金。
The charity has appropriated a portion of the donations for disaster relief.
该慈善机构已将部分捐款拨出用于救灾。
词汇树
appropriately
appropriateness
inappropriate
appropriate
