questioned
past simple and past participle ofquestion
| 单词 | questioned |
| 释义 | questioned past simple and past participle ofquestion question verb[T] uk/ˈkwes.tʃən/us/ˈkwes.tʃən/B2 toaskapersonabout something,especiallyofficially: Several men were questioned bypoliceyesterdayabout theburglary. 68percentof those questioned in thepollthoughtnoiselevelshadincreased. to ask a question
B2 toexpressdoubtsabout thevalueortruthof something: I questionedthewisdomoftaking so manypills. [+ question word]Results from astudyquestionedwhethertreatmentwith thedrugreallyimprovedsurvival. She gave me a questioninglook(= as if shewantedananswerfrom me).
Questioning people & asking questions in general
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Suspecting & questioning GrammarYou see We commonly use you see in speaking when we want to share knowledge with our listener or listeners. When we use you see, we assume that the listener or listeners do not have the knowledge that we want them to have:…Examplesofquestionedquestioned In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The e neo-reformistsquestionedthe exclusive reliance on the proletariat for the socialist revolution. From theCambridge English Corpus Here, we firstquestionedbusinesses in the building or within the vicinity, about the firm, its owner, and relatives or friends of the owner. From theCambridge English Corpus The merits of a separate document can bequestioned. From theCambridge English Corpus There is no hint that some scholars havequestionedthe methodology employed in identifying such notions as styles, networks, and linguistic insecurity. From theCambridge English Corpus Wholesalers were thenquestionedabout the orchards from which they had obtained their product. From theCambridge English Corpus This is obligatory in yes/no questions, wh-questions where the subject is notquestionedand in topicalised declaratives. From theCambridge English Corpus The legitimacy of the woman as a wife and her right to what the family's son or her husband was sending home, was oftenquestioned. From theCambridge English Corpus Although none challenged the reintroduction of stricter procedures in principle, manyquestionedthe legality and motives of the government's actions. From theCambridge English Corpus When sample members were aged 15 years, parents werequestionedabout their history of criminal offending. From theCambridge English Corpus All the rich associations of "top-down" control were built into the discourse and nowherequestioned. From theCambridge English Corpus Theyquestionedwhether their wives did not need to eat just as the wives of other officials employed by the administration. From theCambridge English Corpus Whether this will continue into the future has beenquestioned, but it seems likely that it will. From theCambridge English Corpus However, the authorship of the aria has never beenquestioned. From theCambridge English Corpus Indeed, some havequestionedthe validity of the experimental evidence from normal realtime processing. From theCambridge English Corpus It is firstquestionedhow and to what extent these perceptions are determined by ethnic background or attributable to socio-demographic factors. 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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