despoiling
present participle ofdespoil
| 单词 | despoiling |
| 释义 | despoiling present participle ofdespoil despoil verb[T] formaluk/dɪˈspɔɪl/us/dɪˈspɔɪl/to make aplacelessattractiveespeciallyby taking things away from it byforce: Many of thetombshad been despoiled. Synonym pillageformal Damaging and spoiling
Examplesofdespoilingdespoiling In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. We are eating ourselves out of house and home anddespoilingour nest into the bargain. From theCambridge English Corpus Even more perilously, it faced the enormous obstacle of this genre of moral tales centered on a "despoiling" plot. From theCambridge English Corpus What is the real reason for thedespoilingof the country-side which is taking place in so many beauty spots? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We cannot continuedespoilingthe best parts of the country purely to extract sand and gravel. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are not talking about vandals, although some of the environmentalists would suggest that foresters aredespoilingthe countryside. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 However, it is not simply people coming from the townsdespoilingthe countryside that worries me. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They are the party of law and order—except when it comes to polluting anddespoilingour environment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That is a desperately important issue because at present we aredespoilingvast amounts of the world's environment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They aredespoilingone of the largest sources of protein in the world. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This is the sort of thing which isdespoilingour country and using scarce building resources for the wrong type of development. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Most of the argument one hears today is that in many cases the agricultural community isdespoilingthe countryside. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It would not meandespoilingthe parks, because we should not have to erect large structures but could use the parks themselves as the amphitheatre. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I agree that it is essential that property is safeguarded, that damage is not done and thatdespoilingand destroying are discouraged. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We aredespoilingthe edges of our cities with the revolting waste that we seem to generate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There are occasions whendespoilingof green belt needs to be remedied, and sometimes that is done by the proper use of filling. 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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