compounded
past simple and past participle ofcompound
| 单词 | compounded |
| 释义 | compounded past simple and past participle ofcompound compound verb usuk/kəmˈpaʊnd/compoundverb(WORSEN)[Toften passive] to make aproblemordifficultsituationworse: Herterrorwas compounded by thefeelingthat she was beingwatched. Hisfinancialproblemswere compounded when heunexpectedlylosthisjob. Severedroughthas compoundedfoodshortagesin theregion. Deteriorating and making worse
compoundverb(COMBINE)[T] tomixtwo things together: Mosttyresare made ofrubbercompoundedwithotherchemicalsandmaterials. Connecting and combining
Examplesofcompoundedcompounded In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The effects of seasonal drought on background canopy-gap disturbance in the tropics are expected to be substantiallycompoundedby the effects of major disturbances. From theCambridge English Corpus This problem wascompoundedas the image provided by the camera was visible locally but in an undegraded form. From theCambridge English Corpus This role iscompoundedby two key difficulties of modern day modelling. From theCambridge English Corpus The clinicians' difficulties are furthercompoundedby the older adult often having internalised the media version, so pushing down and distorting their own experiences. From theCambridge English Corpus How does one proceed from impartiality, possiblycompoundedwith sympathy, to the utilitarian mean rule? From theCambridge English Corpus This problem iscompoundedby the presence, within the ranch, of patches of thicket harbouring untreated populations of tsetse. From theCambridge English Corpus Taylorcompoundedfor the living before he was presented, a not uncommon practice. From theCambridge English Corpus This difficulty wascompoundedby the dominant ideology which made domestic labour invisible, both materially and ideologically. From theCambridge English Corpus Thus, regional brain maturation is most likely abnormal in autism, but this abnormality iscompoundedby experientially based abnormality. From theCambridge English Corpus This problem iscompoundedwhen the biotechnology companies guard much of their data as confidential business information. From theCambridge English Corpus This situation wascompoundedby the old age of the vast majority of cocoa farmers. From theCambridge English Corpus More disturbingly still, these structural obstacles werecompoundedby an initial delay in the release of government loans and allowances. From theCambridge English Corpus For the two and three-dimensional case, the form of the above matrix can becompoundedin a block diagonal structure. From theCambridge English Corpus In trade, the uncertainty created by high domestic inflation iscompoundedby the destabilising effect on the real exchange rate. From theCambridge English Corpus Population increase, reduced fallow periods and an increase in maize cropping have furthercompoundedthe problem. 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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