commandeered
past simple and past participle ofcommandeer
| 单词 | commandeered |
| 释义 | commandeered past simple and past participle ofcommandeer commandeer verb[T] uk/ˌkɒm.ənˈdɪər/us/ˌkɑː.mənˈdɪr/to takepossessionof orcontrolprivatepropertybyforceor formilitaryuse Compare hijackverb The armed forces generally
Examplesofcommandeeredcommandeered In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The arrival of passengers in quarantine had not beencommandeeredby the authorities, it had just been delayed and the journey continued. From theCambridge English Corpus When it became occupied, he was able to continue his schooling, but no longer as a boarder, since his lodgings had beencommandeeredby the occupying troops. From theCambridge English Corpus After a great deal of persuasion he was induced to score, then a pencil wascommandeeredand for a few minutes the unfortunate scorer kept his promise. From theCambridge English Corpus The soldiers had their arms taken away and their vehicles werecommandeeredand used to build barricades. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It hascommandeeredthe premises and furniture of thousands of hotels, boarding houses, holiday camps and so on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Horses werecommandeeredand bought in very large numbers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Take, for instance, the question of the ships that have beencommandeered. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Theycommandeerednot only all that was necessary for national purposes but the whole of the crop and resold part of it for civil use. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 My attention has been called to that case, which is rather peculiar, owing to the fact that the school has beencommandeered. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We ought to endeavour to liberate as far as possible, and also to utilise to better advantage, the shipping that has beencommandeered. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Enormous prices were paid, too, for grain which wascommandeered. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Will they becommandeeredvehicles or will their own vehicles be issued to them? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It must be wrong that schools in reception areas should becommandeered. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Privately-owned railway wagons are notcommandeered, but wherever possible such a wagon in returned loaded instead of empty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It has just beencommandeeredby the colliery company, and we cannot go near it. 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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