aptness

n.

倾向，适合性，才能；

1. The professor is favorably impressed by the aptness to learn on the part of his students.
   那位教授对学生们善于学习的能力留下良好的印象。
2. Chosen or expressed with aptness or propriety.
   善于辞令的聪明地或恰当的选择词语或表达的

Aptness in metaphor.
Aptness in Metaphor. Technical Report No. 13.
Minimalism and Truth Aptness
Minimalism and Truth Aptness
Aptness and application of colour for exact description of colours of Streptomyces
Effects of familiarity and aptness on metaphor processing.
Reversibility, Aptness, and the Conventionality of Metaphors and Similes
Aptness is more important than comprehensibility in preference for metaphors and similes
APTNESS AND APPLICATION OF COLOUR CODES FOR EXACT DESCRIPTION OF COLOURS OF STREPTOMYCETES.
Roosters, robins, and alarm clocks: Aptness and conventionality in metaphor comprehension ☆