| 单词 | would-be |
| 释义 | would-be adjective[before noun] uk/ˈwʊd.bi/us/ˈwʊd.bi/C2 wantingortryingto be: 想要做…的；试图成为…的；未来的a would-beartist/politician未来的艺术家／政治家 Wanting things
would-be| American Dictionarywould-be adjective[not gradable] us/ˈwʊdˌbi/wantingortryingto be: a would-beartist/politician Examplesofwould-bewould-be Moreover, in a liberal democracy with a well-developed private sector,would-behegemonic efforts to extend the party's influence through society can have unexpected results. From theCambridge English Corpus Rationalist explanations of civil conflict have emphasized the co-ordination problems faced bywould-beopponents of stable governance. From theCambridge English Corpus It is no coincidence that thefirsttask of anywould-bedictator is to seize control of all information outlets. From theCambridge English Corpus Another possibility is that thewould-bevictim is innocent in a more robust sense. From theCambridge English Corpus Put another way, it might be the degree of institutional permeability that dictates whether awould-be entrepreneur can successfully challenge existing boundaries of institutional authority. From theCambridge English Corpus The sheer number and variety of food products, and complex combinations of ingredients in many processed foods, seem a major obstacle to anywould-beregulator. From theCambridge English Corpus Based on the negative results, thewould-beuniversality of apparent motion trajectories will then be reconsidered, reevaluating the example of kinematic geometry. From theCambridge English Corpus Instead, oh-prefacing becomes a resource by which awould-betroubles-teller can unaccountably and self-attentively induce a recipient to adopt the role of a troubles-recipient. From theCambridge English Corpus It would have been useful to have had more facts about what parents orwould-beparents actually do in practice. From theCambridge English Corpus They were also sometimes seized and moved by rulers andwould-berulers seeking to make use of their symbolic power. From theCambridge English Corpus In some other ways, the linkages between thewould-beincorporative national system were growing. From theCambridge English Corpus And tellingwould-belearners of the diverse experiences of other learners does not tell them what they should do themselves. From theCambridge English Corpus But it does not follow that the state should enforce the agent-relative duties of thewould-beexploiters. From theCambridge English Corpus On the evidence of this volume the fourteenth century was indeed not a propitious period forwould-betyrants. From theCambridge English Corpus Yet in what modern household could this dictionary fit, even if thewould-bepurchaser could afford the £1,500 to buy it? 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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