comforted
past simple and past participle ofcomfort
| 单词 | comforted |
| 释义 | comforted past simple and past participle ofcomfort comfort verb[T] uk/ˈkʌm.fət/us/ˈkʌm.fɚt/C2 to make someonefeelbetterwhen they aresadorworried: The girl'smotherwas athometoday, being comforted byrelatives. Synonyms console solaceliterary Reassuring
Examplesofcomfortedcomforted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. She knew that he had found faith difficult, but wascomfortedthat he had taken this first step towards it. From theCambridge English Corpus Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall becomforted. From theCambridge English Corpus To cry is to bare oneself and the best solution is not always to becomforted. From theCambridge English Corpus The girl iscomfortedand taken out of the room. From theCambridge English Corpus You ought to be distressed by arguments that they do not exist andcomfortedby arguments that they do exist. From theCambridge English Corpus Therefore, she accepted the divorce and would becomfortedby her son. From theCambridge English Corpus For example, when asked about the way her parents responded when she fell off a ladder and hurt her knee, there was no indication the subject wascomforted. From theCambridge English Corpus The patient who did not enter into remission of his leukemia is notcomfortedby the knowledge that 95% of patients who received the same therapy do. From theCambridge English Corpus The mourners cannot becomforted. From theCambridge English Corpus We are able to enjoy their fame vicariously but are asked to sympathise in a way that makes us feelcomfortednot to share in fame's limiting aspects. From theCambridge English Corpus We should becomfortedby their presence. From theCambridge English Corpus Paradoxically, instead of beingcomfortedby the exiguity of cases in which a negative outcome has been reported, some researchers tend to consider the phenomenon alarming. From theCambridge English Corpus The great majority were for relatives of nuns, many of whom could becomfortedby the knowledge that they would be commemorated by their relatives in the convent. From theCambridge English Corpus I amcomfortedthat we are in full agreement about the way in which to go about tackling drugs together. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps he may becomfortedto know that. 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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