husbanded
past simple and past participle ofhusband
| 单词 | husbanded |
| 释义 | husbanded past simple and past participle ofhusband husband verb[T] formaluk/ˈhʌz.bənd/us/ˈhʌz.bənd/to use somethingcarefullyso that you do not use all of it Synonyms conserve economize Keeping and storing things
Examplesofhusbandedhusbanded In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. They posited an individual relationship with land, which they treated as a commodity that, properlyhusbanded, would guarantee material and social progress. From theCambridge English Corpus Pitched battles were usually decided by heavy cavalry, but since the royal gendarmerie was largely recruited from the nobility it was a scarce resource which had to be carefullyhusbanded. From theCambridge English Corpus Why penalise a local authority, which over the years has garnered, prudently obtained value for money,husbandedits money and built up a financial reserve? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Surrounding those towns are 500 square miles of fertile agricultural land, garnered andhusbandedby small and profitable farmers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Our precious oil revenues, which should behusbandedfor investment for the future, are being squandered on the voracious demands of nationalised industries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There are many square miles of extremely efficientlyhusbandedfarmland. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The islanders understand that they would be crazy to fish those waters out and, therefore, that the stocks must be carefully managed andhusbanded. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The third principle is that everything should be done to prevent any waste of food, and all our food resources should be properlyhusbanded. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We havehusbandedagriculture through an intensely difficult period of change and challenge. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They have nothusbandedtheir resources of long securities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They were carefullyhusbanded, because they were difficult to win from the earth or otherwise obtain or cultivate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Indigenous minerals are part of the wealth of the nation and should behusbandedwith as much care as other aspects of the environment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 No one has any doubt, the fishermen least of all, that if their livelihood is to be saved, the resources must be carefullyhusbanded. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English That is why it must behusbandedresponsibly. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English We intend to ensure, however, that there are enough of them and that their skills are carefullyhusbanded. 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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