clawing
present participle ofclaw
| 单词 | clawing |
| 释义 | clawing present participle ofclaw claw verb[IorT] uk/klɔː/us/klɑː/to use claws totearsomething or someone: He wasseriouslyinjuredwhen one of thelionsclawed his back. Whenourcatishungry, shestartsclawingatmylegs. Animal (non-human) behaviour
Idiomclawyourway(somewhere) Phrasal verbclawsomethingback Examplesofclawingclawing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. There are economic issues involved in suchclawingback and reconversion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Why not considerclawingback some of that money for recruitment and the stabilisation of personnel, thereby using that money for the coal industry? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The new face offered every prospect ofclawingback earlier losses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This makes it absolutely transparent that they are and will continue to be additional, so there is no question ofclawingback. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Theclawingback of £1,000 million from taxpayers is bound to increase unemployment substantially. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They will remember theclawingback because of a mistake in the estimates as to the rate of inflation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no intention of saving carbon; it is a measure forclawingback revenue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 However, once unanimity is gained, there is no possibility ofclawingit back. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The first principle affected is theclawingback of unemployment benefit available to people over 60 who have an occupational pension above a certain amount. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It does not kick them back into poverty byclawingaway from their benefits whatever they make in extra earnings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Most companies will maintain stock levels and there will be no question ofclawingback of relief. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Theclawingback of council tax benefit is not a reserve power: it is crude and it is universal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We areclawingour way through consideration of how to achieve that balance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 With universal benefits the taxation system should respond byclawingback the money that is not required. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 First, no provision seems to be made to allow theclawingback into the system of a patient who deliberately does not take his medicine. 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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