rocketing
present participle ofrocket
| 单词 | rocketing |
| 释义 | rocketing present participle ofrocket rocket verb[Ioften+ adv/prep] informaluk/ˈrɒk.ɪt/us/ˈrɑː.kɪt/(alsoskyrocket)toriseextremelyquicklyor makeextremelyquickprogresstowardssuccess: Housepricesin thenorthare rocketing (up). Theirteamrocketedtothetopof theLeague. Sharon Stone rocketedtofamein thefilm"Basic Instinct". to increase
Price increases
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Increasing and intensifying Examplesofrocketingrocketing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Reform of the courts could not prevent the state criminal justice system from almost collapsing in the early 1990s due to therocketingnumber of people under arrest. From theCambridge English Corpus I am heartily relieved that there are signs that therocketingincrease in world prices is levelling off. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It would mean, in turn, that the inflationary spiral would gorocketinghigher and higher. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 With rising unemployment androcketingfood prices, the economic situation for many families is bleak. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If the result following their advice is nearly a million unemployed androcketingprices, have we anything for which to thank this "think tank"? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Is not that a disgrace at a time when water bills arerocketing? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, therocketingtrade figures over the past few years bear out that belief. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 So the only result would be to get deeper into the red, to send the pound plummeting and prices and unemploymentrocketing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 When one looks at the prices which arerocketingit becomes of particular importance to know whether any attempt has been made to limit profiteering. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The three crucial areas of escalating crime,rocketingunemployment and virtual extinction of local authority house building for rent are closely interlinked. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The result is that we have not hadrocketingprices and incipient inflation, and there has not been the continuous demand for increases of wages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I need not add thatrocketinginflation would be equally ruinous. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The service is deteriorating, and costs arerocketing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Therocketingrise in the number of divorces is proof of how productive the present system is. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a crisis within the game that stems from therocketingof the bills for the policing of matches in recent years. 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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