divested
past simple and past participle ofdivest
| 单词 | divested |
| 释义 | divested past simple and past participle ofdivest divest verb[IorT] mainlyUSuk/daɪˈvest/us/dɪˈvest/tosellsomething,especiallyabusinessor apartof abusiness: Thecompanyis divestingitslessprofitablebusinessoperations. She has divested herselfof(=sold)some of her share-holdings. to sell something
Selling
Phrasal verbdivestsomeoneofsomething Examplesofdivesteddivested In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The fourth section details how covering the female bosom wasdivestedof such connotations and endowed with new ones. From theCambridge English Corpus Ironically these enterprises appear to have been relatively less indebted as compared to the enterprises which weredivestedsubsequently. From theCambridge English Corpus Over 40 per cent of former state owned enterprises have beendivested, 50 per cent of which were sold. From theCambridge English Corpus The list of purchasers ofdivestedstate-owned enterprises is varied, and includes both foreign and domestic private sector and individual investors. From theCambridge English Corpus How does language becomedivestedof its cultural associations? From theCambridge English Corpus Out of more than 212 firms, only about 15 per cent have beendivestedin this way. From theCambridge English Corpus However, it becomes imperative that the glamorous criminal bedivestedof any overt threat. From theCambridge English Corpus Indeed, he is so thoroughlydivestedfrom the notion of even needing to maintain one's good name that he readily takes another. From theCambridge English Corpus Thedivestedfirms came from various sectors, including agriculture and agro-processing, wood-processing, catering and hotels, textiles, vehicle assembly and repairs, breweries, mining, wholesaling and retailing. From theCambridge English Corpus At this juncture both aredivestedof their individual rights; human relationships are turned into material relations. From theCambridge English Corpus The space has beendivestedof its identity as a tourist sight. From theCambridge English Corpus Poor and workingwomen have fallen between the two stools of labour and women's history-further silenced anddivestedof historical agency. From theCambridge English Corpus The introductory first chapter of this book quicklydivestedme of this notion, as i t describes in some detail the true nature of the environment inside an earth-orbiting laboratory. From theCambridge English Corpus As a step in the right direction, modern scholarship should return to the repertory itself and consider it,divestedof notions of progression or patterns of projected superiority. From theCambridge English Corpus Of course, the fact that there was little con-ict between the bureaucracy and the individual does not mean that the process was entirelydivestedof antagonism. 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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