citing
present participle ofcite
| 单词 | citing |
| 释义 | citing present participle ofcite cite verb[T] formaluk/saɪt/us/saɪt/citeverb[T](GIVE EXAMPLE)tomentionsomething asprooffor atheoryor as areasonwhy something hashappened: She cited threereasonswhypeopleget intodebt. Thecompanycited a 13percentdeclinein newordersasevidencethatoveralldemandforitsproductswasfalling. tospeakor write words taken from aparticularwriteror writtenwork: She cites both T.S. Eliot andVirginiaWoolf in herarticle. Quoting & making references
citeverb[T](NAME)lawspecialized toofficiallynameormentionsomeone or something in alawcourt, or toofficiallyrequestsomeone toappearin acourtoflaw: Thelawyercited twosimilarcases. He has been citedastheco-respondentin thedivorcecase. Taking legal action
citeverb[T](PRAISE)topraisesomeone in thearmedforcespubliclybecause oftheirbraveactions: He was citedforbravery. Praising and applauding
Examplesofcitingciting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Citingprevious cognitive work, she notes that shorter phrases require less processing and are more ready to be articulated before longer ones. From theCambridge English Corpus Some call for outright bans,citingthe "precautionary principle" on the development of technologies that have the potential to significantly change human nature. From theCambridge English Corpus It does not, however, state which groups it is not suitable for,citing"common radical and palliative radiotherapy schedules" as suitable. From theCambridge English Corpus Bycitingseveral landmark studies, he illustrates that socially upward mobility does not always mean linguistic homogenization toward the standard. From theCambridge English Corpus He merely describes what emerged and accounts for it bycitingdialect mixture as the reason, rather than seeking social explanations. From theCambridge English Corpus One more instance of non-empirical methodology is worthciting. From theCambridge English Corpus Tones are indicated only incitingindividual words and morphemes. From theCambridge English Corpus Research articlesciting' human capital ' in the last three years are mainly from labour and health economists. From theCambridge English Corpus In qualitative interviews, patients mentioned only the benefits of home care, whilstcitingboth advantages and disadvantages for hospital care. From theCambridge English Corpus Conflicting stances on many issues can readily be justified bycitingcompassionate impulses. From theCambridge English Corpus My purpose incitingit here is to show the various ways historians have described dispersal, migration and resettlement. From theCambridge English Corpus Attempts to achieve political gains bycitingthe military commitment usually failed. From theCambridge English Corpus He begins byciting, and quickly dismissing, common arguments in favor of letting languages die. From theCambridge English Corpus In every case, the authors describe the exclusion in impressionistic language - ' appear ', ' probably ', ' suggest ' - rather thancitingclear-cut measures of data quality. From theCambridge English Corpus To date, families of 12 children have dropped out (9 in the first 3 months of the study), generallycitingtime pressures. From theCambridge English Corpus 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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