fitness

n.
1.suitableness,propriety 适宜，适当。
△Lr.4.2. 63:“Were’t my fitness / To let these hands obey my blood，”要是我的身份容许我命令我这双手服从我的怒气。
2. convenience,readiness 方便，准备。
△Ham. 5. 2. 209(201):“If his fitness speaks,mine is ready.”i.e. If heexpresses his convenience,my convenience is ready.只要他认为方便，我是没有什么不方便的。
3. adaptedness,coherence 适合，结合。
△Mac.1.7.53:“They have made themselves,and that their fitnessnow /Does unmake you.”如今机会来了，时地两宜反使你畏缩不前。
4.act of decency,propriety 礼仪，礼节。
△H.VIII.2.4.229 (232): “The Queen being absent，’tis a needfulfitness / That we adiourn this court till further day.”王后既然缺席，按礼仪来说似有必要休庭，改到他日再审。