- [uncountable, singular] (formal or
law 法律 the act of taking something that belongs to somebody else, especially without permission 擅自调用；挪用；占用；侵吞 dishonest appropriation of property 以欺骗的手法侵吞财产 The film company sued them over their appropriation of a cartoon character. 电影公司起诉他们盗用了一个卡通人物。
- [uncountable, singular] (formal)
the act of keeping or saving money for a particular purpose 拨（专）款 a meeting to discuss the appropriation of funds 讨论拨款的会议
- [countable] (formal)
a sum of money to be used for a particular purpose, especially by a government or company （尤指政府、公司的）所拨款项，专款 an appropriation of £20 000 for payment of debts 用于还债的 2 万英镑拨款
Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin appropriatio(n-), from appropriare ‘make one's own’, from ad- ‘to’ + proprius ‘own, proper’.