sweetened
past simple and past participle ofsweeten
| 单词 | sweetened |
| 释义 | sweetened past simple and past participle ofsweeten sweeten verb[T] uk/ˈswiː.tən/us/ˈswiː.tən/sweetenverb[T](TASTE)to make somethingtastesweet: Theapplemixturecan be sweetenedwithhoney. Compare unsweetened Preparing food
sweetenverb[T](MORE PLEASANT)to make something moreattractive: Thephonecompanythrewin two month'sworthoffreecallsto sweeten thedeal. to make apersonor amoodhappierorfriendlier: Ithinkyou shouldtryto sweeten himupbefore youaskhim for theloan. Making things better
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Causing pleasure Examplesofsweetenedsweetened In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. He looked forward to ' ' a new world blessed with plenty, purified with justice, andsweetenedwith brotherly kindness. From theCambridge English Corpus Itsweetenedthe ' beverages revolution ' of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. From theCambridge English Corpus They gained 2.6 kg compared to subjects who ate the same foods artificiallysweetened. From theCambridge English Corpus They gained 0.5 kg compared to subjects given no soda or artificiallysweetenedsoda. From theCambridge English Corpus As fresh milk was expensive, poor households frequently usedsweetenedmachine-skimmed condensed milk. From theCambridge English Corpus She began to drinksweetenedwater under medical care and has now ended her hunger strike, and is waiting for her appeal to be heard. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English Children and others consume very large quantities of these artificiallysweeteneddrinks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Sweetenedtable waters are consumed very largely, indeed in the main, by children of the poorer classes of the community. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Those figures support the choice we have made in favouringsweetenedwaters this year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Those two facts are borne out by the history of the consumption ofsweetenedand unsweetened waters since the duties were imposed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I worked in a mine that was always being "sweetened" from opencast mining. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Former gas works land might need to besweetenedand reclaimed and would have a nil or even negative value. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The imports ofsweetenedmilk powder during the same period amounted to 17,888 cwts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He tells us that the duty onsweetenedtable waters caused a diminution of the sale. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That announcement wassweetenedwith a pledge to build a new community hospital. 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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