lumbered
past simple and past participle oflumber
| 单词 | lumbered |
| 释义 | lumbered past simple and past participle oflumber lumber verb[Iusually+ adv/prep] uk/ˈlʌm.bər/us/ˈlʌm.bɚ/tomoveslowlyandawkwardly: In thedistance, we couldseeaherdofelephantslumberingacrosstheplain. Moving unsteadily or with difficulty
Phrasal verblumbersomeonewithsomething Examplesoflumberedlumbered In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Obviously, the prosecution should not belumberedwith having to eliminate all possible doubts from the minds of jurors, only their reasonable doubts. From theCambridge English Corpus Many people have to continue to fish to maintain a return on the borrowing with which they arelumbered. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 At that stage one islumberedwith it and one loses face if it is withdrawn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He has beenlumberedwith a policy that he did not devise. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Further, the unfortunate ratepayers of the new authority will belumberedthis year with a bill of £1,149,100. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If we arelumberedwith it, we shall have to make it work as well as we can. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He islumberedwith £1,000 worth of goods, and probably sells about £100 worth. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 What also became clear later was that the forecast method with which they thenlumberedthe country was more often wrong than right. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 As a result of that, some hospitals have beenlumberedwith expensive equipment which has not been a priority for the local health service. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Because of that, we have beenlumberedwith various edicts with which we do not agree. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are nowlumberedon one programme alone with a £1·5 million debt every year for the next 50 years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We arelumberedwith this legacy and it is not fair, really, to saddle future generations with problems. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English We arelumberedwith it and will have to deal with it in some way or another. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English Although it is nonethelesslumberedwith the visa procedure, it did not follow suit. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English They arelumberedwith a housing debt that they simply cannot meet. 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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