humouring
present participle ofhumour
单词 | humouring |
释义 | humouring present participle ofhumour humour verb[T] UK(UShumor)uk/ˈhjuː.mər/us/ˈhjuː.mɚ/to do what someonewantsso that they do notbecomeannoyedorupset: Iappliedfor thejobjust to humour myparents. Calming and relaxing
Examplesofhumouringhumouring In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. We should allow them the chance ofhumouringsome of their colleagues on the back benches, though those back benches are rather empty at the moment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It has been also asserted that his father, discovering this trick, tried to conciliate him by indulgence,humouringhis whims and encouraging his low tastes. From Wikipedia ![]() 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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