spearheaded
past simple and past participle ofspearhead
| 单词 | spearheaded |
| 释义 | spearheaded past simple and past participle ofspearhead spearhead verb[T] uk/ˈspɪə.hed/us/ˈspɪr.hed/toleadsomething such as anattackor acourseofaction: Britishtroopsspearheaded theinvasion. Joe Walker will be spearheadingournewmarketinginitiative. Describing the leading position
Examplesofspearheadedspearheaded In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. It is evident that the new wheat farmersspearheadedthe drive to investment in power machinery during the 1930s. From theCambridge English Corpus It had no revolutionary intellectuals, and the radical students who originallyspearheadedthe call to arms were not involved in the project. From theCambridge English Corpus These efforts werespearheadedby various categories of advertising professionals involved in marketing and salesmanship together with creative writers and artists. From theCambridge English Corpus In the rest of the industrialized world, cost-containment efforts had beenspearheadedby government authorities. From theCambridge English Corpus Elementary and technical schoolsspearheadedthe modernisation of rural areas, including the eradication of indigenous knowledges - they hindered progress. From theCambridge English Corpus The migration wasspearheadedby expeditionary groups comprising small numbers of closely related male pioneer-warriors, followed by their spouses and children. From theCambridge English Corpus This interest has been largelyspearheadedby the efforts of members of the medical community. From theCambridge English Corpus At the same time concern over blast waves associated with variable energy deposition a t the front wasspearheadedby interest in explosions produced by laser irradiation. From theCambridge English Corpus Hespearheadedthe drive for a state monopoly over foreign trade which allowed state companies to learn directly what items were being imported and who made them. From theCambridge English Corpus Yet that same state, from colonial times to the present, has shaped forest policy andspearheadedforest exploitation, guided by conservationist thinking under the rubric of scientific forestry. From theCambridge English Corpus Until the early 1990s, capital-intensive industriesspearheadedproductivity growth. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English They are the people whospearheadedthe financial changes that have taken place recently in local government. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In 1848, politicians understood the message of the times andspearheadedthe change. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English We havespearheadedthe important agreements reached this year to reduce debt and launch global immunisation programmes against illnesses and diseases in the poorest countries. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English They havespearheadedthe debate about provision for young people in the borough. 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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