procured
past simple and past participle ofprocure
| 单词 | procured |
| 释义 | procured past simple and past participle ofprocure procure verb formaluk/prəˈkjʊər/us/prəˈkjʊr/[T] to get something,especiallyafter aneffort: She'smanagedsomehowto procure hisphonenumber. [+ two objects]He'd procured usseatsin thefrontrow. [IorT] to get aprostitutefor someoneelseto havesexwith Getting, receiving and accepting
Examplesofprocuredprocured In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. If success is measured by number of organsprocured, these policies are failures. From theCambridge English Corpus Three 10m timbers might have beenprocured, but (at least) two tension connections would have been needed. From theCambridge English Corpus The more the farmers produced, the more would beprocuredby the state. From theCambridge English Corpus The commissary department employed a committee of officers to survey elephants whenever they wereprocuredfor public service. From theCambridge English Corpus As mentioned earlier, the hill where it was found appears to have been one of the sources from which this and other monuments wereprocured. From theCambridge English Corpus The medical methods are dispensed by a medical practitioner, whereas the non-medical may beprocuredwithout consulting a medical practitioner. From theCambridge English Corpus The number of actual donors went from 0 to 9, and the number of organsprocuredincreased from 0 to 32. From theCambridge English Corpus The optics for image slicers has been designed andprocured. From theCambridge English Corpus Because patients and families would have no say in the matter, whether organs wereprocuredwould depend only on whether they were viable for transplantation. From theCambridge English Corpus That is to say, an image of the surface itself was notprocured. From theCambridge English Corpus When heprocuredsome from neighbouring houses, the old man swallowed it all and then spat a little on the boy's outstretched palm. From theCambridge English Corpus The radio networks had built up a truly national audience; well-timed pre-emptionprocuredit for the president. From theCambridge English Corpus Selling theprocuredgrain to rural areas is often known as 'resale'. From theCambridge English Corpus Grain can beprocuredinternally from domestic production or externally from international markets. From theCambridge English Corpus Therefore, wood is not a cheap fuel whenprocuredfrom the market. 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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