veering
present participle ofveer
| 单词 | veering |
| 释义 | veering present participle ofveer veer verb[I+ adv/prep] uk/vɪər/us/vɪr/tochangedirection: All of asudden, thecarveeredofftheroad. Moments beforecrashing, thejetwasseenveeringsharplytotheright. Three men werefeareddeadlastnightafter ahelicopterveeredoffcourseinto anoilplatform. Ourtalksoonveeredontothesubjectofmoney. Changing direction
Examplesofveeringveering In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. He clearly establishes the direction and goals of his inquiry, never onceveeringoff the track. From theCambridge English Corpus A primary magnetic fabric of sedimentary origin defines cur rent flow from a westerlyveeringto northwesterly source. From theCambridge English Corpus For, without a clearly defined superior authority, the executive officers tended towards exorbitance or timid inactivity or an erraticveeringbetween the two. From theCambridge English Corpus Later movements paint an extraordinary range of impressions,veeringunexpectedly from spacious languor to rhapsodic exhiliration. From theCambridge English Corpus In these straitened times, courtesy of the leftveeringright, university libraries have to balk at being bilked. From theCambridge English Corpus Mathematical descriptions are at a basic level, neverveeringinto the stratosphere, providing an intuitive understanding of these concepts for the musician. From theCambridge English Corpus Apart from the difficulty of ensuring that sufficient surrogates would offer themselves, withoutveeringinto coercion, it simply seems to reframe the problem in a narrower context. From theCambridge English Corpus She presents herself as if she were straightforwardly answering, and agreeably expressing "concern," while surreptitiouslyveeringaway from the question in the way in which it has been framed. From theCambridge English Corpus Self-representation in diaries also differs markedly,veeringmore towards self-expression than the production of a consistent, unified version of oneself : in this case as well, openendedness is the rule. From theCambridge English Corpus As a result, city family structure isveeringsteadily to a 4-2-1 pattern in which a married couple takes care of four grandparents and the single child. From theCambridge English Corpus Production wasveeringaway from consumer goods, which were causing the inflation, to export goods and to investment goods. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Our present-day situation is the result ofveeringoff course. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Until then, all countries have to stumble towards liberty and equality, sometimesveeringmore towards one, and sometimes more towards the other. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Neither the business community nor anyone else would thank us forveeringfrom one side to the other on any of these issues. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If there is not a consensus emerging towards a form of local income tax, at any rate a good many areveeringtowards it. 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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