sagging
present participle ofsag
| 单词 | sagging |
| 释义 | sagging present participle ofsag sagging| Business Englishsagging adjective[before noun] uk/ˈsæɡɪŋ/usloweror lessstrong: He said hecuttaxesby $9billionasmayorin anefforttorevitalizethe city's saggingeconomy. saggingrevenues/demand/sales Examplesofsaggingsagging Asaggingabdomen which made the patient ' look pregnant ' was enough reason to perform a tummy tuck. From theCambridge English Corpus Thus, the visible markers of grey hair, wrinkles, andsaggingskin were the physical determinants of social invisibility. From theCambridge English Corpus Increasingly, the state's security forces were called on to buoy up the government'ssaggingauthority. From theCambridge English Corpus The screen was annealed for several hours, and then the wires were retightened to minimize possiblesaggingor distortion. From theCambridge English Corpus Intellectual distinction could console a nation whose military fortunes weresagging, dignifying the savant with a patriotic role that conveniently coincided with his own personal quest for fame. From theCambridge English Corpus Saggingof the jaw and tilting of the head are common, and are frequently accompanied by a slight buckling of the knees. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The safety net which we stretch under them should be there all right, but it should be asaggingnet and, therefore, much cheaper. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Dampness,saggingroof, draughts, cracked walls and other faults due to bad construction won't develop later. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But, as soon as the war was over, it was followed up by a sharp downward move, and then thesaggingtendency renews itself. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Our currency issaggingto a record low level. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Ought they to hope for a return to 1952–53 withsaggingproduction and growing unemployment, or for a year of increasing production? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Not only has there been a catastrophic fall in sheep prices, but cattle prices have beensaggingvery badly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We all know that receipts have beensaggingheavily on this side throughout the year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We have had roaring inflation,sagginginvestment, soaring unemployment, and growing social and economic injustice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 My third plea is to young and old people to recognise thesaggingneck of a swan that is suffering from lead poisoning. 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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