underachieving
present participle ofunderachieve
| 单词 | underachieving |
| 释义 | underachieving present participle ofunderachieve underachieve verb[I] uk/ˌʌn.də.rəˈtʃiːv/us/ˌʌn.dɚ.əˈtʃiːv/to do less well than you could or should: Like a lot ofboyshisage, he's underachieving. Failing and doing badly
Examplesofunderachievingunderachieving In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. We are told that standards are not high enough, teaching is not good enough, and pupils areunderachieving. From theCambridge English Corpus However, there is a danger of adding to the list ofunderachievingnational strategies. From theCambridge English Corpus Theunderachievingmale student is a well-known phenomenon. From theCambridge English Corpus Extending on this, the present study suggests that educationallyunderachievingyoung males are also more likely to father a child than their higher achieving male peers. From theCambridge English Corpus Nevertheless, we share the objective of tackling the problem ofunderachievingschools, and we are not opposed in principle to city academies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Two other schools were judged to require special measures and one was found to beunderachieving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That programme is designed to support academically able pupils and those with talents in sport and the arts, including those who may beunderachieving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We condemn her forunderachievingin school, but we should condemn ourselves for allowing her to live in such conditions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Targets are there to be hit, but, sometimes,underachievingdoes not mean that we are not making progress. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Yet in all those markets we are seriouslyunderachieving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is worrying that many parts of our society areunderachieving. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Apart from anything else, it would be a great boost tounderachievingboys to see their dads learning alongside them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The proportion ofunderachievingpupils was approximately halved. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Does she agree that it is a priority for education policy to examine why boys seem to beunderachievingso badly in school? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The non-routine admission pupils from that transient population often have special educational needs and behavioural difficulties, and areunderachieving. 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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