traced
past simple and past participle oftrace
| 单词 | traced |
| 释义 | traced past simple and past participle oftrace trace verb[T] uk/treɪs/us/treɪs/traceverb[T](FIND)C1 tofindsomeone or something that waslost: Thepolicearetryingto trace themotherof anewbornbabyfoundabandonedoutsideahospital. Attempts to tracethewhereaboutsofa manseenleavingthesceneof thecrimehave sofarbeenunsuccessful. Theirmissingdaughterwasfinallytracedto(=foundin)Manchester. to find someone or something
C1 tofindtheoriginof something: Thephonecompanywasunableto trace thecall. No one hasyetbeenableto trace thesourceof therumour. todiscoverthecausesororiginsof something byexaminingthe way in which it hasdeveloped: Theoutbreakoffoodpoisoningwas tracedtosomecontaminatedshellfish. She has traced herfamilyhistoryback tothe seventeenthcentury. Thepracticeof givingeggsatEastercan be tracedback to(= firsthappenedin)festivalsinancientChina. todescribethe way in which something hasdeveloped: Thefilmtraces theeventsleadingup to theRussianRevolutionin 1917.
Finding and discovering
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Defining & explaining traceverb[T](DRAW)tocopyadrawingorpattern, etc. bydrawingoveritslinesthrough athinpieceoftransparentpaper: Did youdrawthispictureyourself, or did you trace it? Shelearnedto write hernameby tracingouttheletters. todrawashapebyshowingthemainorouterlines: Thechildwas tracingpatternsin/onthesandwith astick. Painting, drawing & printing
Examplesoftracedtraced In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The growth of the economy istracedover time, taking into account population growth, capital accumulation, and technical change. From theCambridge English Corpus For many years, these deficiencies were understandable as they weretracedto the extended absence of viable models of personality in the field of psychology. From theCambridge English Corpus The source of the outbreak wastracedto an untreated private water supply. From theCambridge English Corpus The reason is that the total number of interherd contacts that had beentracedwas very high. From theCambridge English Corpus Beyond their inherent stylistic significance, the developmentstracedabove probably had an impact on other elements of operatic design. From theCambridge English Corpus The history of its (non-existent) bishopric was thentraceddown to the supposed last incumbent in the late eleventh century. From theCambridge English Corpus Presumably, this difference can betracedto deeper epistemological commitments. From theCambridge English Corpus Earlier ' exclusions ' of those not living in ' ancient farmsteads ' can betracedback to the fourteenth century. From theCambridge English Corpus On each stem section, the surface area of bark eaten wastracedonto clear adhesive tape wrapped around the stem. From theCambridge English Corpus These progressive changes, in the order now mentioned, may betracedin all nations, so far as we have any remains of their original history. From theCambridge English Corpus Nevertheless, the allusion to a spatial setting is an important part of the sound-picture -tracedthrough morphology in the stratified sound layers. From theCambridge English Corpus The vectors of force can more usefully betracedfrom problems and solutions to theories and experiments. From theCambridge English Corpus Can any subcutaneous continuities betracedbeyond the obvious differences in argumentation? From theCambridge English Corpus The point is rather that descriptions have connotations which can themselves betracedto the relevant relations. From theCambridge English Corpus The critic's reasons, arguments, and beliefs are just epiphenomena that can and should betracedback to their deeper causes. From theCambridge English Corpus 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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