• vt. 使滿足；足夠…用；合格
• vi. 足夠；有能力

suf-,在下，向上，-fic,做，詞源同 fact,efficient.引申詞義做到足夠，使足夠，足以。

suffice (v.)

early 14c. (intransitive); late 14c. (transitive), from present participle stem of Old French sofire "be sufficient, satisfy" (Modern French suffire), from Latin sufficere "put under, lay a foundation under; supply as a substitute; be enough, be adequate," from sub "up to" (see sub-) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Phrase suffice it to say (1690s) is a rare surviving subjunctive.

1. Suffice to say, it was more than a couple of years ago!

我只想說，那是幾年前的事了！

來自柯林斯例句

2. Suffice it to say that afterwards we never met again.

簡單地說，此后我們再也沒有見過面。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Generally a brief note or a phone call will suffice.

通常寫個便條或打個電話就足夠了。

來自《權威詞典》

4. This single item will suffice to typify all the rest.

即此一端,可概其余.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

5. Suffice it to say that the gun was his.

只要說那枝槍是他的就夠了.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》