ceding
present participle ofcede
| 单词 | ceding |
| 释义 | ceding present participle ofcede cede verb[T] formaluk/siːd/us/siːd/toallowsomeoneelseto have or own something,especiallyunwillinglyor because you areforcedto do so: Hong Kong was cededtoBritainafter the Opium War. Stop having or doing something
Examplesofcedingceding In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The confident songbird shows off by "deliberately depriving itself of information,"cedingpriority to the left hemisphere in the process. From theCambridge English Corpus By the middle of the nineteenth century, most state legislatures had passed billscedingthe responsibility of overseeing divorces to the courts. From theCambridge English Corpus Coalitions allow agents to take advantage of economies of scale, without necessarilycedingauthority to other agents. From theCambridge English Corpus The party at the parliamentary median may share government ministries with parties to its left or right withoutcedingpolicy control. From theCambridge English Corpus Measures to control aggregate expenditure involved the statecedingmost of its responsibilities for health care to the regions. From theCambridge English Corpus The expressive soloist gets support, emphasis and echo from the ensemble,cedingonly rarely to a single instrument or section but never playing opposite them. From theCambridge English Corpus Agrawal (2001, 2000) notes that governments in more than 50 countries arecedingsome control over resources to local users. From theCambridge English Corpus Although there was little the colonial rulers could do about the former (beyondcedingpower), the unrepresentative nature of the local constabulary could certainly have been addressed. From theCambridge English Corpus Subsequently, its grand plans for reform were diminished and domesticated until there was little left but piecemeal attempts to assuage the most violent conflicts bycedingtitle to occupied lands. From theCambridge English Corpus The powers of the education action forum are derived from governing bodiescedingthe powers that they have at present. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It would have nothing to do withcedingthat amount of sovereignty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But the drawback about leaseback is that the way one begins a lease-back period, whether of 17, 15 or 12 years, is bycedingsovereignty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The question ofcedingwill be determined the other way round. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Nothing was included in the price in respect of thecedingof the right to build. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are talking about local governmentcedingits traditional role in managing social services to what is essentially a health service body—the care trust. 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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