contravened
past simple and past participle ofcontravene
| 单词 | contravened |
| 释义 | contravened past simple and past participle ofcontravene contravene verb[T] formaluk/ˌkɒn.trəˈviːn/us/ˌkɑːn.trəˈviːn/to do something that alaworruledoes notallow, or tobreakalaworrule: Thecompanyknewitsactionscontravenedinternationallaw. Obeying & breaking the law
Examplesofcontravenedcontravened In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. In such instances, the issues were clear : should a man live with another man's wife, he hadcontravenedcustomary law. From theCambridge English Corpus Further, it is misleading to imply that thiscontravenedthe beliefs of the founders. From theCambridge English Corpus Unfortunately, this absence results in claims that have little or no grounding in data, oftencontravenedby facts that are biological certainties. From theCambridge English Corpus Her use of even draws our attention to some expectation that will becontravened. From theCambridge English Corpus In the best-case scenarios, they constitute parallel structures to those defined in the municipal codes, but too often these arecontravened. From theCambridge English Corpus It is unconvincing since there is nothing mistaken in regarding speech, in certain circumstances, as a type of revelation and usage is notcontravened. From theCambridge English Corpus A rule in a cell iscontravenedby all (but only those) rules to the immediate right of that cell. From theCambridge English Corpus Note: the input to each listing rule is of course the output of the rule that iscontravened. From theCambridge English Corpus In any language there are some regularities of structure that are, even so, frequently and properlycontravened, since without them the language would be unworkable. From theCambridge English Corpus James, by contrast, hadcontravenedexplicit law. From theCambridge English Corpus However, if my local bookshop in my constituency had attempted to make the same offer, it would havecontravenedthe publishers' net book agreement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Both sides therefore seriouslycontravenedhuman rights and international laws in a war situation. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English If it were imposed, the fact that an individual hadcontravenedthe requirement would come to light only by chance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Even if they had done so, my information is that they would not havecontravenedany regulations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Apparently, we havecontravenedthe standards of commercial television. 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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