embraced
past simple and past participle ofembrace
| 单词 | embraced |
| 释义 | embraced past simple and past participle ofembrace embrace verb uk/ɪmˈbreɪs/us/ɪmˈbreɪs/embraceverb(ACCEPT)C1[T]formal toacceptsomethingenthusiastically: This was anopportunitythat he would embrace. to accept or continue in a situation that is difficult or unpleasant
Accepting & agreeing
embraceverb(HOLD)C2[IorT]literary toholdsomeonetightlywith botharmstoexpresslove,liking, orsympathy, or whengreetingorleavingsomeone: Shesawthem embrace on thestationplatform. Heleanedover to embrace thechild. to hold someone or something
Showing affection
embraceverb(INCLUDE)C1[T]formal toincludesomething, often as one of anumberof things: Linguistics embraces adiverserangeofsubjectssuch asphoneticsandstylistics. Including and containing
Examplesofembracedembraced In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. However, the extent to which this link was popularlyembracedis still a matter of debate. From theCambridge English Corpus For obvious reasons, his position is not generally publiclyembracedby those with a more ambitious agenda for traditional approaches. From theCambridge English Corpus In the end, weembracedthe limitations imposed by this fixed visual. From theCambridge English Corpus Thus, around about 1945, we begin to see notions of voluntary labour beingembracedby the state for national (rather than local) purposes. From theCambridge English Corpus They too haveembracedlabour market flexibility, but without converging with the wider policies and politics of the liberal model. From theCambridge English Corpus What is clear is that neither the word ' stepfamily ' nor the use of the step-stem is beingembracedby our respondents. From theCambridge English Corpus We can take this a bit farther: if reforms areembracedby losers and winners alike why are electoral institutions so stable? From theCambridge English Corpus Rather, the schoolembracedand merged two ideals of womanhood: the woman of the home and the woman of the civic arena. From theCambridge English Corpus In as much as pension insuranceembracedthe entire population, insurance for work-related injuries needed to include that part of the population that was employed. From theCambridge English Corpus Yet few local authorities and voluntary organisations haveembracedthis model in their advice work, despite government exhortations to do so. From theCambridge English Corpus We are a population that hasembracedeveryday technological 'communications' advances such as automatic teller machines, cable television, cable-less television and wireless telephones. From theCambridge English Corpus The general public, it seems, discounted the views of such writers andembracedinstead the more commonly expressed negative image of old age. From theCambridge English Corpus Nonetheless, just as some academics have been quick to espouse local ideas, so local people haveembracedscientific terminology to promote their causes. From theCambridge English Corpus The end of the essential archaeological subject, ifembraced, will force the discipline to account for the production of subjects in immediate sociopolitical contexts. From theCambridge English Corpus In the 1630s, in his middle age, heembracedthe notion of change in the heavens. 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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