impugned
past simple and past participle ofimpugn
| 单词 | impugned |
| 释义 | impugned past simple and past participle ofimpugn impugn verb[T] formaluk/ɪmˈpjuːn/us/ɪmˈpjuːn/tocausepeopletodoubtsomeone'scharacter,qualities, orreputationbycriticizingthem: Are you impugning mycompetenceas aprofessionaldesigner? Damaging reputation
Examplesofimpugnedimpugned In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. According to his definition, a man lost his natural honour as soon as someoneimpugnedit. From theCambridge English Corpus Yet despite pressure to amend the legislation, many of theimpugnedprovisions remain. From theCambridge English Corpus Equally, candidates will have incentives to undermine the claims to virtue of their rivals, provided their own virtue is not also therebyimpugned. From theCambridge English Corpus A sense of honourimpugned, or humiliation suffered, could and very often did lead to violence. From theCambridge English Corpus Therein may lie the phonograph record's most profound justification, which cannot beimpugnedby any aesthetic objection to its reification. From theCambridge English Corpus Yes, heimpugnedour motives in a way most offensive and most hurtful to us. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 His honour wasimpugnedbecause he was carrying out his duties as a brigadier in the forces in a certain part of the war zone. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is already very widely suspected, and its fairness is beingimpugnedon all sides. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But some of the workers themselves have drawn the conclusion that their loyalty is beingimpugned, not other people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not suggesting that anybody else thinks, or has said, that their loyalty has beenimpugned. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But all of us have beenimpugnedby her allegations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But now, in time of peace, our honour isimpugnedon the ground that these engagements are inconsistent with one another. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Nobody here or anywhere else has ever beforeimpugnedmy articulation or clarity of speech. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 None of the facts that we have cited has been challenged; none of the evidence has beenimpugned. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 For example, a variety programme might beimpugnedafterwards as having been improper in some respect, and what was actually said might be disputed. 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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