bequeathing
present participle ofbequeath
| 单词 | bequeathing |
| 释义 | bequeathing present participle ofbequeath bequeath verb[T+ two objects] formaluk/bɪˈkwiːð/us/bɪˈkwiːð/toarrangeformoneyorpropertyto be given to somebody afteryourdeath: Herfatherbequeathed her thefamilyfortunein his will. Picasso bequeathed most of hispaintingsandsculpturestoSpain and France. Synonyms leave will(LEAVE) Inheriting & bequeathing
Examplesofbequeathingbequeathing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Because at least units of income must be consumed to induce parental transfers, is interpreted as the fixed cost ofbequeathing. From theCambridge English Corpus For example, cuckoo parents repeatedly select host nests for their offspring, therebybequeathingmodified selection pressures, as well as genes, to their chicks. From theCambridge English Corpus Ownership may be a status, but acquiring property is something that we do, as are selling, transferring, managing, orbequeathing. From theCambridge English Corpus The other major preoccupation of testators was thebequeathingof favourite saints to preferred heirs. From theCambridge English Corpus First, the nuns' relatives followed the widespread practice of acting as patrons of the convent by offering andbequeathinggifts (including money), commissioning artworks and paying for building work. From theCambridge English Corpus Left to themselves, they will be the victims of their uncontrolled fertility,bequeathingproblems in many ways incapable of solution to the children they cannot look after. From theCambridge English Corpus We are alsobequeathinga railway which runs at a loss and a port which runs at a loss. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I may well end upbequeathingthose books outside this country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 For example, we arebequeathingto our successors some demographic problems, the full measure of which we have not yet taken. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The last speaker referred to the very simple case of a manbequeathingeverything to his wife. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If they seek actively to promote enmity between two parts of the island, they arebequeathingto their children a chilling legacy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Our citizens are now distraught and our young people anguished by the legacy we arebequeathingthem. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English This is what we arebequeathingto succeeding generations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But what a dreadful legacy we are nowbequeathingto the future! From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That would be far more dangerous thanbequeathingto them the shorter term problem of the disposal of nuclear waste. 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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