procuring
present participle ofprocure
| 单词 | procuring |
| 释义 | procuring present 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
Examplesofprocuringprocuring In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. They worked originally through community-based activist efforts and were successful inprocuringfull community participation in hospital administration and achieving anti-lead poisoning legislation. From theCambridge English Corpus Procuringration cards may be difficult unless the department concerned has staff sufficiently vigilant, efficient, dedicated and sympathetic to issue cards on request. From theCambridge English Corpus Much is made of the importance ofprocuringpatients' 'informed' consent for participation in research. From theCambridge English Corpus They evaluate both the perspective of the possible donor and the moral agency of healthcare providers inprocuringthe second kidney. From theCambridge English Corpus Flogging is prescribed as punishment for a few crimes, such as recurrentprocuring. From theCambridge English Corpus Consequently, the government had great difficulty inprocuringenough wheat despite strict restrictions on its inter-state movement. From theCambridge English Corpus These organic handlers may be handling products from only their own farm, orprocuringfrom other farms and handlers as well. From theCambridge English Corpus She apologized for the inferior quality of paper used in several issues, ' 'but the difficulty she has found inprocuringit has been great. From theCambridge English Corpus The data presented by the four research teams reveal, however, that both men and women are intensively involved inprocuringand processing animals for food. From theCambridge English Corpus In this sense it is an approach forprocuringindividual agents, not for building them. From theCambridge English Corpus Cash in the form of silver coinage- regardless of its national origin-was acceptable at any time for the purposes ofprocuringgoods. From theCambridge English Corpus A new smelting oven was built later that same year in the hope ofprocuringa higher percentage of metal. From theCambridge English Corpus Diplomatic efforts focused onprocuringarms and lifting the embargo, not on recognition, which seems to have come almost as an afterthought. From theCambridge English Corpus Forprocuringassistance from the state, organizers had to register camps under the name of a private trust. From theCambridge English Corpus First, senators representing small states have more to gain fromprocuringa given amount of federal dollars than do senators who represent larger states. 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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