courting
present participle ofcourt
| 单词 | courting |
| 释义 | courting present participle ofcourt court verb uk/kɔːt/us/kɔːrt/courtverb(PLEASE)[T] totrytopleasesomeone because youwantthem tojoinyou: Adams is being courted by anumberoffootballclubs. Relationships: finding a partner
courtverb(TRY TO GET)[T] totryto get something,especiallyattentionorsupportfrom otherpeople: She courtspublicitybyinvitingjournaliststoextravagantparties. Searching
courtverb(RISK)[T] torisksomethingunpleasant,especiallybybehavingstupidlyorcarelessly: Drinking anddrivingissimplycourtingdisaster. Taking risks
courtverb(HAVE A RELATIONSHIP)[IorT]old-fashioned to have aromanticrelationshipwith someone that youhopetomarry: They courted for twoyearsbefore gettingmarried. Relationships: finding a partner
Examplesofcourtingcourting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. In this case he was to win her over himself au (svayamevamanurajayet) bycourtingthat began in her childhood. From theCambridge English Corpus Someday a philanthropist will start a centre ofcourtingrooms. From theCambridge English Corpus Crucially, the increase in plausibility afforded by this analytical stance need not come at the theoretically unpalatable cost ofcourtingdeterminism. From theCambridge English Corpus Several stages in thecourtingprocess allowed a woman the chance to reject disagreeable suitors. From theCambridge English Corpus If genes can ground nest-building andcourtingin birds, web-building in spiders, and language learning in human beings, why not polyandry or avunculocality? From theCambridge English Corpus Family approval for developedcourtingrelationships regained a degree of importance in the post-war world. From theCambridge English Corpus For many of the informants, the music of their youth andcourtinghad some of the strongest memories. From theCambridge English Corpus Courtingwas the ' ' normal ' ' state from say, 16, onward. From theCambridge English Corpus As there would be no rank-order lists, there could be no sly wink-and-nod commitments between candidates and institutionscourtingone another. From theCambridge English Corpus The couple had beencourtingfor eight years before they married in 1940 when she was pregnant. From theCambridge English Corpus When first observed the insects were in the act of copulation, so nocourtingwas seen. From theCambridge English Corpus Infected males in shoals are consequently capable ofcourtingfemales. From theCambridge English Corpus We have no standard methods of building, or hunting, or eating, or keeping ourselves clean, orcourting, or looking after our young. From theCambridge English Corpus For example, suppose a suitor iscourtinga woman whom he considers beautiful, noble, and uniquely gifted. From theCambridge English Corpus Trying to plan in the face of such circumstances is, in their opinion, to be irrational, to becourtingdisappointment, or predetermined to fail. 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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