【apply音标】 英[əˈplaɪ] 美[əˈplaɪ]
【单词释义】 apply是什么意思：
vt.应用，运用；申请；涂；敷（药）
vi.申请，请求，适用；适用，适合；专心致志
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[第三人称单数] applies
[单词现在分词] applying
[单词过去式] applied
[单词过去分词] applied
【关联词/派生词】
applicant n.申请人
application n.应用；申请
【apply形近词/近似词】
simply adv.简单地，朴素地；（引出概括或解释）不过，仅仅
reply n.回复；回答；答复 v. 回复；回答；答复
supply v.供给；供应 n.供给；供应
multiply v. 乘；相乘；（使）增加
comply vi.遵从；服从；依从，顺从
imply v. 暗示，暗指；意味着
【常用短语】
apply for 申请，请求
apply to 适用于
【单词例句】
◇ Christine Brotherton, head of people and capability for Perpetual Guardian, said many employees brought a similar level of focus to making the most of the extra day off as they would apply to their work.
Perpetual Guardian公司人力部主任克里斯汀·布拉泽顿说，许多员工都会将投入到工作中的同等精力投入到多出的那一天假期，以实现最大化利用。
---- New Zealand employees try four-day week
◇ She mildly squeezed the poisonous liquid out of his throat and put bandages firmly in place to apply pressure to the ankle wound to stop bleeding.
她轻轻地从他喉咙里把有毒液体挤了出来；并在脚踝合适的位置紧紧扎上绷带，施加压力使伤口的流血止住；
---- First Aid
◇ The man who was thankful helped him apply to the civil authority for the right to live in America by inserting his brave deed into his documents.
这个人充满感激，立即把我侄子的勇敢事迹插入到申请文件中，帮助我侄子向美国国内政权当局申请美国居住权。
---- Immigrate to America