divesting
present participle ofdivest
| 单词 | divesting |
| 释义 | divesting present 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 Examplesofdivestingdivesting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. However, learning loses much of its explanatory power in relation to governments' decisions to continuedivesting. From theCambridge English Corpus This would be achieved bydivestingthe deductive method of its metaphysical foundations. From theCambridge English Corpus In terms of launching privatisation, the less democratic the regime, the more likely it was to startdivesting. From theCambridge English Corpus Because raising new capital is difficult for banks during recessions, most weak banks are likely to focus more ondivestingand loan reduction. From theCambridge English Corpus Banks can increase their capital-asset ratio either by increasing capital (particularly by issuing new equity), or by reducing their assets (divesting, reducing lending). From theCambridge English Corpus Shengmin is incapable ofdivestinghimself of the privileges that accrue to him as a man in a patriarchal society. From theCambridge English Corpus There can be nothing wrong withdivestinga council estate to a housing association. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They require, among other things, that the board should make a commercial plan for identifying anddivestingitself of all its underused or surplus property. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That is the one risk in my suggestion, that a man may bedivestingan unborn son of the right to succeed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That is a matter not for deduction, but fordivesting. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They will have to consider what would have been the cost ofdivesting, not in the year 2,000, but in 1909. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Indivestingthe land, why, if of buildings, timber, and trees, not roads, hedges, and so on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is the point aboutdivestingthe cost of materials for removing. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I wish to deal now with the worrying question of thedivestingof assets of elderly people going into homes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I should like to know what machinery there is fordivestingoneself of a share holding. 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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