dabbling
present participle ofdabble
| 单词 | dabbling |
| 释义 | dabbling present participle ofdabble dabble verb uk/ˈdæb.əl/us/ˈdæb.əl/dabbleverb(TRY)[I] to take aslightand not veryseriousinterestin asubject, ortryaparticularactivityfor ashortperiod: He first dabbledinpoliticswhen he was atlawschool. She dabbledwithdrugsatuniversity. Trying and making an effort
dabbleverb(MOVE IN WATER)[T] to putpartofyourbody, such asyourhandorfoot, into thewaterof apoolorstream, etc. andmoveit around Movement on or through water
Examplesofdabblingdabbling In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Somehow,dabblingwith details was always seen as boring and tedious. From theCambridge English Corpus Would it not be better to arrange courses for untrained architects who make themselves a perfect nuisance bydabblingin things they do not understand? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Meantime, it seems to me that we are simplydabblingwith something which is quite unworthy of our attention. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Added to this, some of their spokesmen have also beendabblingwith the notion of municipalising private and rented property. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He was at that timedabblingin one of his efforts at food taxation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The people of this country do not want these adventures ofdabblingin the political affairs of other peoples, who want independence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I should not like to see him startdabblingin unit trust shares. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Instead ofdabblingin politics, and offering half-baked political philosophy to boot, they would do better to look after the nation's spiritual needs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Dabblingwith such complicated legislation as this automatically creates other hardships. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They are nowdabblingin that sector of industry, where they are at the mercy of individual demand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It has beendabblingwith too many different objectives. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If one looks at the rest of the world, we aredabblingin foreign policy at the expense of our trade and our economy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is all too easy, if these resources are dispersed,dabblingfirst in this disease and then in that, to achieve nothing in the end. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I could not startdabblingin the business now. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Before they knew it, they weredabblingin the foreign exchange black market. 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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