deriding
present participle ofderide
| 单词 | deriding |
| 释义 | deriding present participle ofderide deride verb[T] formaluk/dɪˈraɪd/us/dɪˈraɪd/tolaughat someone or something in a way thatshowsyouthinkthey arestupidor of novalue: He derided mysingingaspathetic. Thisbuilding,oncederided bycritics, is now amajortouristattraction. Mocking and taunting
Examplesofderidingderiding In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. One explanation is that they arederidingany human attempt to solve their riddles, to evade their power. From theCambridge English Corpus Before condemning them orderidingsuch practices, we recall that changes of method were aimed at improving the precision of the figures. From theCambridge English Corpus The shrieks of laughter of the young men were hardly 'ambivalent', hardly 'asserting and denying', 'triumphant andderiding'. From theCambridge English Corpus No one isderidingthe fact that at the end of the day the consumer, in one way or another, will have to pay. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I was amused to hear commentators on the radioderidinghim for that—they said that the buses would be replaced within 10 years anyway. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We need an objective base, and we must depart from such power words as fear, from stirring up fear, fromderidingthings. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English What would they do about the measures which they have beenderidingfor the past year, which are now beginning to succeed? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, they have spent the last 18 months or soderidingand destroying those policies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 What is the point politically ofderidingthe national health service? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is about time that the party opposite also acknowledged this instead ofderidingit every couple of minutes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He is now enjoying himselfderidingthat opinion poll, but that is not what was asked. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That does not in any sense mean that we are ignoring orderidingthe rights of petitioners. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no question ofderidingthe position of small districts or decrying their work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He supported the poll tax throughout by voting for it, arguing its merits andderidingthose who opposed it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We still have recognisably different regions, and, rather thanderidingit, we should cherish this important fact. 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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