dispossessing
present participle ofdispossess
| 单词 | dispossessing |
| 释义 | dispossessing present participle ofdispossess dispossess verb[T] formaluk/ˌdɪs.pəˈzes/us/ˌdɪs.pəˈzes/to takeproperty,especiallybuildingsorland, away from someone or agroupofpeople: A lot ofpeoplewere dispossessedoftheirhomesduring thecivilwar. Compare repossess Taking things away from someone or somewhere
Examplesofdispossessingdispossessing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. In the end it exists, firstly, to prevent an attack on cultural diversity and, secondly, to avoiddispossessingthe poorest of their cultural identity. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English We aredispossessinghim, and taking the property, at any rate for the time, into our own possession. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He spoke as f we were interfering with that right anddispossessinghim of it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It means the flooding of good agricultural land and thedispossessingand turning away of a whole agricultural community. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The trouble has been that it was operated upon and used as a means ofdispossessing, without any possible remedy, tribal areas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It was found on that occasion that there never had been any intention and was no intention ofdispossessingthe smallholders in question. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps one or two may find work, but they will do that only bydispossessingother people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Thedispossessingof people for bad husbandry is a very rare action and when it is done it is not very successfuil. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are buying more and more of this gold, scratching the earth anddispossessingpeople from their homes to get more of this thing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There are deer forests which have beery created withoutdispossessinganyone. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 What is the sense ofdispossessinga business and pulling down the building merely because it does not fit within the council's comprehensive redevelopment plans? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He is entitled to equivalent reinstatement by the authority which isdispossessinghim of his property. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 A proposal such as we are suggesting today does not involvedispossessingthe farmer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 No building society gains by peremptorilydispossessingsomeone of their home should they encounter misfortune after a short time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That would be wrong when a local authority isdispossessinga person of his statutory home, which is what it is, because he is a regulated tenant and has possession. 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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