trumped
past simple and past participle oftrump
| 单词 | trumped |
| 释义 | trumped past simple and past participle oftrump trump verb[T] uk/trʌmp/us/trʌmp/If you trump another player'scard, youbeatit with acardthatbelongsto thegroupofcardsthat has beenchosento have thehighestvaluein thegameyou areplaying. tobeatsomeone or something by doing orproducingsomethingbetter: Their $60 millionbidfor thecompanywas trumped at the lastmomentby anofferforalmosttwiceas much fromtheirmaincompetitor. Card games
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Winning and defeating Phrasal verbtrumpsomethingup Examplesoftrumpedtrumped In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. It was a crude, partisan attempt to replace a president on essentially trivial andtrumped-up grounds. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They would wish to pursue it through atrumped-up case of alleged discrimination on the ground of race, colour or religion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Another doctor spent about £40,000 refuting allegations, while a third spent more than £50,000 attempting to refutetrumped-up allegations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Many of them are refused entry, often it seems for atrumped-up reason and sometimes through confusion over the new passport. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We have atrumped-up, misconceived objection that we are doing something which is totally unusual, when in fact it is not. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Both men facetrumped-up charges of a non-political nature; but let us look at the reality. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They are arrested and accused ontrumped-up charges. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He has been detained for the last 13 months ontrumped-up charges, without trial and denied access to the outside world. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English That is the truth, not sometrumped-up story seeking to appeal to the emotions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 As a result, some communities have turned to paramilitaries to enforce some form oftrumped-up justice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The producers maintained that it was atrumped-up charge, and they successfully proceeded against a journal in this country which reproduced the article. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Certainly nothing could have been more devoid of substance than thetrumped-up charge upon which this agitation was based. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 What worries me is the difficulty of distinguishing between a genuine charge and atrumped-up charge. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 When challenged to give concrete examples, they merely maketrumped-up allegations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that the whole situation is a spurious,trumped-up one. 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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