spoon-fed
past participle, past simple ofspoon-feed
| 单词 | spoon-fed |
| 释义 | spoon-fed past participle, past simple ofspoon-feed spoon-feed verb[T] uk/ˈspuːn.fiːd/us/ˈspuːn.fiːd/spoon-feedverb[T](FEED)tofeedababyor otherpersonusing aspoon Giving food to people & animals
spoon-feedverb[T](PROVIDE INFORMATION)disapproving to give someone so muchhelporinformationthat thatpersondoes not need totryhimself or herself: By giving outprintedsheetsoffactsandtheories, theteachersspoon-fed uswithwhat weneededfor theexam. Giving, providing and supplying
Examplesofspoon-fedspoon-fed In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Accustomed to beingspoon-fed, students often treated teachers as paid servants. From theCambridge English Corpus We do not want aspoon-fedpopulation here. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 To my mind, tax competition can be nothing but beneficial, but we have beenspoon-fedthat phrase about harmful tax competition from all angles. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Pupils will no longer bespoon-fedthat information. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Here you have this infant industry which is 13 years old and it is still claiming to bespoon-fed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The agricultural industry has never been aspoon-fedindustry, and no one at this time would advocate that it should become so. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The real curse of agriculture is that agriculturists are always asking to bespoon-fedand to be put on different terms from anybody else. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Now in connection with better standardisation it has lost itsspoon-fedcharacter, and grading stations have been seeking registration as co-operative societies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If people need to bespoon-fedtheir ballot papers, they are not motivated to make a choice of who they want to vote for. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I would rather suggest that trade and industry of the country object to bespoon-fedby proposals of this character. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The public—the electorate—the people who sent us here—deserve more than to bespoon-feda cocktail of headline-grabbing feel-good stories. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If there is any industry which has beenspoon-fedin this country during the last eight or 10 years it is agriculture. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Instead of beingspoon-fedby teachers, they are helped to acquire habits of individual study in preparation for further or higher education. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We should see to it that they are notspoon-fedby the people of this country, who have troubles of their own. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They do not want to bespoon-fed. 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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