jettisoned
past simple and past participle ofjettison
| 单词 | jettisoned |
| 释义 | jettisoned past simple and past participle ofjettison jettison verb[T] uk/ˈdʒet.ɪ.sən/us/ˈdʒet̬.ə.sən/to getridof something or someone that is notwantedorneeded: Thestationhas jettisonededucationalbroadcasts. todecidenot to use anideaorplan: We've had to jettisonourtripbecause of David'saccident. tothrowgoods,fuel, orequipmentfrom ashiporaircraftto make itlighter: Thecaptainwasforcedto jettison thecargoand make anemergencylanding. Removing and getting rid of things
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Refusing & rejecting Examplesofjettisonedjettisoned In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. That supposedly dreadful tyrant, the playwright, is not deposed, but outright conquered; you have notjettisonedhis words, but stolen them. From theCambridge English Corpus It took multiple failures for a theory to bejettisoned. From theCambridge English Corpus If such is in principle beyond our grasp, justified belief getsjettisoned. From theCambridge English Corpus Colonial history thus becomes the melting pot that scholars of immigrationjettisonedyears ago. From theCambridge English Corpus No part of mathematics was to bejettisonedor even truncated. From theCambridge English Corpus Should everyday language about mental events bejettisonedin favor of some kind of self-free rhetoric? From theCambridge English Corpus When should we impose them, and when should they bejettisoned? From theCambridge English Corpus With faith to the fore and worksjettisoned, there was little or nothing more to be said or done. From theCambridge English Corpus But saying that doesn't mean either that those categories are unimportant or that they can simply bejettisoned. From theCambridge English Corpus Everything that obstructed the realization of his reforms would bejettisonedlike so much fluff. From theCambridge English Corpus So much of proven value was to bejettisonedthat strikes threatened and, less easy to outface, a chorus of authoritative voices rose up in very public protest. From theCambridge English Corpus Popper had argued that once it was shown that a theory contradicted the facts, the theory would bejettisoned. From theCambridge English Corpus To conclude, this paper suggests that the orthodox categories of both seventeenthcentury and nineteenth-century women's history must bejettisonedif a defensible chronology is to be constructed. From theCambridge English Corpus In a sane world, policies will be tried through a process of trial and error, with those that succeed retained and those that produce unwanted outcomesjettisoned. From theCambridge English Corpus From the middle of 1952 many of the controls that had constrained private building since the end of the war werejettisonedwith almost indecent haste. From theCambridge English Corpus 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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