steadied
past simple and past participle ofsteady
| 单词 | steadied |
| 释义 | steadied past simple and past participle ofsteady steady verb[T] uk/ˈsted.i/us/ˈsted.i/steadyverb[T](STOP MOVING)to make somethingstopshakingormoving: Hewobbledaround on thebikeand then steadied himself. He steadied hisrifleon thewallandfired. Making things more or less smooth or straight
steadyverb[T](CONTROL)tobecomecalmandcontrolled, or to make someone do this: Somepeoplesay that adrinkwill steadyyournerves. Calming and relaxing
Examplesofsteadiedsteadied In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Oil hassteadied, and even declined, as an economic driver. From theCambridge English Corpus Sophia carefully explained that sometimes spirit writers worked better in pairs in which onesteadiedthe hand of the other who was holding the pen. From theCambridge English Corpus The quota has very muchsteadiedthe market, which was going down very rapidly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Prices generally havesteadiedduring the past few days. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The logic behind that has been greatly reinforced by the subsequent fall in the value of sterling, even though that value has recentlysteadied. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There was a significant increase in the number of women in employment between 1973 and 1989, after which participation ratessteadied. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It has beensteadiedbut, at the present time, it is not possible to say that there will not be a considerable monthly deficit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 To take an extreme case, a tired person might drive better rather than worse if he had revived orsteadiedhimself with a single whisky. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 By this means all traffic would besteadiedup. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Thatsteadiedthe men, and they got their sights on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They are so frightened that they are not prepared to behave in the way they would behave if only their nerves could besteadiedslightly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Developments over the last 10 days indicate that the market is settling down and prices havesteadied. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Itsteadied, and almost levelled out, in the last two quarters of last year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There was more effective collection of taxes, and the rouble hadsteadiedin value. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English Itsteadiedpublic opinion and the loss generally would have been far greater if they had not continued. 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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