plaguing
present participle ofplague
| 单词 | plaguing |
| 释义 | plaguing present participle ofplague plague verb[T] uk/pleɪɡ/us/pleɪɡ/C2 tocauseworry,pain, ordifficultyto someone or something over aperiodoftime: Financialproblemshave been plaguingtheirnewbusinesspartners. My shoulder's been plaguing me allweek. toannoysomeone,especiallybyaskingrepeatedquestions: Thechildrenplagued himwithquestionsall throughlunch. He's been plaguing meforaloanof thebook. Causing feelings of anger and displeasure
Examplesofplaguingplaguing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Another intriguing questionplaguingall impact studies is whether they should be modeling the world or just individual countries. From theCambridge English Corpus It is an afflictionplaguingthe whole of the industrialised world. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Knowing him to be a truthful person, it has beenplaguingme. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Theplaguingof trade between them by varying currencies is a misfortune but much must happen before we achieve monetary union. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They have nothing else to do apart from wrecking the national economy andplaguingthose less well off than themselves. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This is the main reason for the constitutional problems that areplaguingus. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This is the most unaccept- able social cankerplaguingour society today. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He may have beenplaguingthe life out of his councillors, quite rightly, for years to get him out of that accommodation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This matter has beenplaguingme for some months. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These have beenplaguingpolitical debate and making it more meaningless than constructive. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Basically, they want to coordinate in the face of the crisisplaguingthe capitalist system and leading to huge unemployment, poverty and exclusion. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English This will take all the weight and all the traffic nowplaguingthe city centre. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They cannot do it without creating these extremely complex problems which have beenplaguingus today and which will go on plaguing subsequent legislatures. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We have beenplaguingthe industry from day to day, month to month, and year to year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If we can provide better facilities for lorry drivers, we shall solve some of the problems which areplaguingtowns and villages throughout the country. 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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