aped
past simple and past participle ofape
| 单词 | aped |
| 释义 | aped past simple and past participle ofape ape verb[T] disapprovinguk/eɪp/us/eɪp/tocopysomething or someonebadlyandunsuccessfully: He called the newbuildingunoriginaland said that itmerelyaped theclassicaltraditions. Copying and copies
Examplesofapedaped In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. And yet, in many respects, relationships between nuns and male clergyapedrelationships between married women and men. From theCambridge English Corpus They were depicted as ambitious upstarts who crudelyapednoble manners; their liminal status between the pure types of noble and commoner made them appear repulsively "mongrelized" (p. 25). From theCambridge English Corpus The westernized nouveaux richesapedthe colonists. From theCambridge English Corpus Our privatisation programme isapedaround the world, to continue my somewhat dubious metaphor. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I am also fearful that involvement by the supermarkets could well beapedby smaller discount shopping chains and by newsagents. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We set up the colleges of advanced technology because of that, but to some extent they, too,apedthe university world, although not all of them have done so. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The corporate methods of developing our new and expanded towns need to be adapted—notaped—and applied to the problems of urban renewal in the old areas. 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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