administering
present participle ofadminister
| 单词 | administering |
| 释义 | administering present participle ofadminister administer verb uk/ədˈmɪn.ɪ.stər/us/ədˈmɪn.ə.stɚ/administerverb(MANAGE)[Toften passive](alsoadministrate,uk/ədˈmɪn.ɪ.streɪt/us/ədˈmɪn.ə.streɪt/) tocontroltheoperationorarrangementof something: Theeconomyhas beenbadlyadministered by thepresentgovernment. [Toften passive] togovernacountry,region, etc.: Theeconomyhas beenbadlyadministered by thepresentgovernment.
Managing and organizing
administerverb(GIVE)[T]formal tocausesomeone toreceivesomething: to administermedicine/punishment/relief Tests will be administeredtoschoolchildrenat seven and twelveyears. figurativeThelatestopinionpollshave administered asevereblowtotheparty. administer an oath (tosomeone)formal to bepresentwhile someone says anoath(= aformalpromise)officially: TheCourtwill not administer anoathto awitnesswho isdrunk. Giving, providing and supplying
Examplesofadministeringadministering In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. It involvesadministeringpure oxygen to the patient at greater than atmospheric pressure. From theCambridge English Corpus The interviewer finished byadministeringa closed questionnaire about the text. From theCambridge English Corpus Because of this risk of emergence, we have chosen to stopadministeringprophylactic norfloxacin to patients admitted to our unit. From theCambridge English Corpus The nurse practitioner largely undertakes her own procedures, with the exception ofadministeringinjections. From theCambridge English Corpus A centralized training inadministeringand rating the patients' schedule was organized for all regional coordinators. From theCambridge English Corpus A standard procedure is followed inadministeringthe questions in numerical order to achieve reliable results. From theCambridge English Corpus By this we mean a wide range of activities from changing dressings andadministeringmedication to involvement in complex and hi-tech care. From theCambridge English Corpus This gain is not present where theadministeringauthority has no policy-making power. From theCambridge English Corpus Other countries provide examples of insurance institutions, rather than local government,administeringtax-financed benefits as agencies of central government. From theCambridge English Corpus While we looked for 'principal-agent' relationships between central governments andadministeringinstitutions, we found that more complex multi-level governance structures prevailed in most cases. From theCambridge English Corpus Although detailed and careful instructions were required, there was little difficulty inadministeringthe shortened form of this test to children. From theCambridge English Corpus The federal state provides the legal framework, and the nine autonomous provinces are responsible foradministeringhealth care and social services. From theCambridge English Corpus The optimal age foradministeringmeasles vaccine in developing countries. From theCambridge English Corpus Whenadministeringthe test, first show the corresponding pictures to the child and tell them what each picture means. From theCambridge English Corpus An interpreter was often present to assist inadministeringthe questionnaire to prevent any miscommunication between the parents and the research assistant. 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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