1ADJ [ADJ n]適宜的;合適的;適當的;恰當的 You use proper to describe things that you consider to be real and satisfactory rather than inadequate in some way. 適宜的;合適的;適當的;恰當的
3ADJ-GRADED [usually verb-link ADJ]得體的;合乎體統的;正派的 If you say that a way of behaving is proper, you mean that it is considered socially acceptable and right. 得體的;合乎體統的;正派的
In those days it was not thought entirely proper for a woman to be on the stage.
4ADJ [n ADJ]嚴格意義上的;真正的;本身的 You can add proper after a word to indicate that you are referring to the central and most important part of a place, event, or object and want to distinguish it from other things which are not regarded as being important or central to it. 嚴格意義上的;真正的;本身的
A distinction must be made between archaeology proper and science-based archaeology.