burgled
past simple and past participle ofburgle
| 单词 | burgled |
| 释义 | burgled past simple and past participle ofburgle burgle verb[T] mainlyUKuk/ˈbɜː.ɡəl/us/ˈbɝː.ɡəl/(USusuallyburglarize,uk/ˈbɜː.ɡlər.aɪz/us/ˈbɝː.ɡlə.raɪz/)B2 toenterabuildingillegallyandstealthings: When they got back fromtheirholidaytheyfoundthattheirhomehad been burgled. to steal something
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Examplesofburgledburgled In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. As several of the witnesses stated, he hadburgledanother man's house, although no witness revealed to the court which man's house it was. From theCambridge English Corpus Your house wasburgledyesterday. From theCambridge English Corpus I speak from the experience of having beenburgledno fewer than five times, but the police apprehended the villain in only one case. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I have heard stories about people who have beenburgledfor whom the burglary has been an experience of extreme anxiety and fright. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They have come back and kicked doors down,burgledhomes, driven cars away, stolen car radios and so on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 All of us who have suffered burglaries know of the horror of beingburgled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 She was afraid of a burglary, because she was going on holiday and had already beenburgledonce. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I live in a large block of flats where it is easy to getburgled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 To meet the person who hasburgledone enables one to objectify those anxieties and fears and to realise that a particular person was responsible. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Those are people who could be bugged andburgled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The good, honest local criminalburgledonly the next street. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 My constituents have had their houseburgledand their children spat on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I have not beenburgledsince the park was built. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If a house isburgled, the public expect the people involved to be caught and punished. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If one is poor andburgledit is much worse than if one is wealthy and insured. 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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