meddled
past simple and past participle ofmeddle
| 单词 | meddled |
| 释义 | meddled past simple and past participle ofmeddle meddle verb[I] disapprovinguk/ˈmed.əl/us/ˈmed.əl/totrytochangeor have aninfluenceon things that are notyourresponsibility,especiallybycriticizingin adamagingorannoyingway: My sister's always meddlinginother people'saffairs. People shouldn't meddlewiththings they don'tunderstand. Getting involved for one's own benefit or against others' will
Examplesofmeddledmeddled In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The government continuouslymeddledin judicial enquiries. From theCambridge English Corpus They feel that art colleges are beingmeddledwith by those who do not understand them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That has not happened because politicians havemeddledin order to create the monopoly that has held down the price. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Then when you havemeddledonce there is nothing to stop you meddling again. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We will not know that until we know whether the criteria are being fiddled with andmeddledwith. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Representatives of charitable organisations took this-work up, and they not onlymeddledunnecessarily, but they muddled most severely. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They havemeddledwith coal and with railways, and disaster has resulted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The only result of such an authority would be that itmeddledin many local matters in an attempt to find a role for itself. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They were all due to lawyers, whomeddledwith war of which they knew nothing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 All that is at great expense; probably more expensive than if we had notmeddledabout with interest rates. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Our chemical and pharmaceutical industries have been the leastmeddledwith and the least subsidised since the war, yet they remain among our most successful. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The steel industry has suffered too often in the past 10 to 20 years from politicians who havemeddledand deceived the steel workers in my constituency and elsewhere. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Theymeddlednot with politics. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They havemeddledin our affairs at every turn, while angrily rejecting the thought that they should conduct their domestic affairs in a civilised and democratic manner. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Theymeddledand muddled throughout the winter. 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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