scouted
past simple and past participle ofscout
| 单词 | scouted |
| 释义 | scouted past simple and past participle ofscout scout verb[IorT,usually+ adv/prep] uk/skaʊt/us/skaʊt/to go tolookinvariousplacesfor something youwant: He's scoutingabout/around forsomewherebettertolive. She'svisitingConnecticut to scoutout(=discoverinformationabout)theeastcoasthousingmarket. Synonym reconnoitrespecializedUK Searching
Examplesofscoutedscouted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The most potent of these was the nationalism of subject peoples, which 'imperialist economism'scoutedas diverting the working-class movement to the service of reactionary bourgeois causes. From theCambridge English Corpus Theyscoutedhis suggestion of a lengthy war. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Suggestions of equally big ideas which may today bescoutedas ridiculous will come to be accepted and operated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not find the idea of compulsory service nowscoutedin the way it was a very few years ago. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He did not even say he would consult his colleagues about it, butscoutedthe whole idea. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It would bescoutedin any fifth-form debating society. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But hescoutedthe idea that there was any improper notion in punishment for crime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It objects in principle and in detail, and its representations went largely ignored and its complaints of inadequate consultation have beenscouted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 You do not propose to put a tax upon their annual value, and any such principle would bescoutedas impossible. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 And just for good measure hescoutedany idea that any civil servants are activated by any special sense of public duty or service. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it true that the civil authorities to the endscoutedthe idea of attack? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is only fair to add that that suggestion appears to have beenscoutedby every one concerned, and no more was heard of it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am glad to have heard that ideascoutedin the speeches to-day. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He ratherscoutedthe idea that there was any sinister motive behind it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I conclude by saying that it would be a great pity if, because, as we hope, they will deal with reality rather than pipe dreams, the inter-party talks werescouted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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