wondered
past simple and past participle ofwonder
| 单词 | wondered |
| 释义 | wondered past simple and past participle ofwonder wonder verb uk/ˈwʌn.dər/us/ˈwʌn.dɚ/wonderverb(QUESTION)B1[I] toaskyourselfquestionsorexpressawishtoknowabout something: [+ question word]Shouldn't youphonehome?Yourparentswill be wonderingwhereyou are. He'sstartingto wonderwhetherhe did therightthing inacceptingthisjob. [+ speech]Will thisturkeybebigenough for eight, I wonder? "Have youdecidedwhere you're going nextsummer?" "I've been wonderingabout(=considering)goingto Florida." B1 used inphrases, at thebeginningof arequest, to make it moreformalandpolite: Wewerewonderingif/whetheryou'd like to havedinnerwith us sometime? [+ question word]Iwonder whetheryou couldpassme thebutter? Iwonder ifyou could give me someinformationaboutplacestovisitin thearea?
Thinking and contemplating
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Polite expressions wonderverb(SURPRISE)[I]formal tofeelorexpressgreatsurpriseat something: [+ (that)]I don't wonder(that)sheburstintotearsafter the way youspoketo her. Surprised
IdiomI shouldn't wonder Examplesofwonderedwondered In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Finally, readers with a topological background may havewonderedabout possible generalizations of our approach to higher dimensions. From theCambridge English Corpus Columnistswonderedwhy a century-old conference paper came in for such blistering attacks. From theCambridge English Corpus He points out that, during the war, the experts of the treasury and the economic section of the cabinet secretariatwonderedlikewise. From theCambridge English Corpus Wewonderedwhether girls' divorce scenarios indicated worries about the well-being of the postdivorce family. From theCambridge English Corpus So wewonderedwhether this phenomenon was to be imputed to bad experimental practice or whether it was part of natural variability of the estimator. From theCambridge English Corpus What chance, he thereforewondered, would other (modern) listeners have? From theCambridge English Corpus Iwonderedwhat the book would say about this context of social work practice? From theCambridge English Corpus He suggested that religion serves a psychological pur pose andwonderedwhether religion and science could be combined in a state of equilibrium. From theCambridge English Corpus Wewonderedhow their competence could be further enhanced and who should facilitate this learning. From theCambridge English Corpus Because this new form of communication did not require hand gestures, hewonderedwhether this may have facilitated the development of lithic manufacture. From theCambridge English Corpus Somewonderedwhether financial inducements had influenced the decision to move ahead with these studies with less caution than was appropriate. From theCambridge English Corpus Wewonderedwhether motion was necessary for generating synchrony. From theCambridge English Corpus Indeed, the worldwonderedat how so much of sound could be produced by so slight a machine. From theCambridge English Corpus Attendees alsowonderedwhy there were not short courses for individual specialties. From theCambridge English Corpus Iwonderedif morning light would raise my mood. 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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