embracing
present participle ofembrace
| 单词 | embracing |
| 释义 | embracing present 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
Examplesofembracingembracing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Embracingthe idea that representations may be graded opens up many interesting conceptual possibilities. From theCambridge English Corpus It is a clear instance of 'affirmative deformation',embracinga convention (here the lyricform aria) all the more strongly by keeping its normative realisation silent. From theCambridge English Corpus It specifically examines new patterns of inequality and exclusion and ends by arguing that the choice we face is between fearing difference orembracingdiversity. From theCambridge English Corpus Inter-organisational arrangements that make popular culture products available to a widespread audience (embracingboth critics and fans) are therefore vital to the canon formation process. From theCambridge English Corpus Byembracingthe sweep of the entire twentieth century, it demonstrates how caciques refused to wither away with the maturity of the institutionalised revolution. From theCambridge English Corpus Their world-view was typically bourgeois,embracingstruggle, competition, individualism and the elitism of merit. From theCambridge English Corpus The second theme of the study findings identifies a rhythmical pattern of dispelling andembracingmystery. From theCambridge English Corpus They have developed higher-level concepts,embracingand suppressing lower-level detail. From theCambridge English Corpus A key factor inembracingworkforce diversification in community nursing, therefore, seems to rest with the predictability of care. From theCambridge English Corpus Instead ofembracingeach other, the sparks of friction highlight the persisting gulf. From theCambridge English Corpus Above all, as a workembracingboth cultural history and the history of ideas, it is a thoroughly good read. From theCambridge English Corpus Indeed, tension between civil liberties and theembracingof technology seems almost inevitable in a nation where both are admirable traditions. From theCambridge English Corpus It is constituted by the hermeneutics of suspicion and it sustains it at the same time, thusembracingthe cause of self-discipline. From theCambridge English Corpus The study findings identify a rhythmical pattern of dispelling andembracingmystery. From theCambridge English Corpus First, this approach emphasizes the changing nature of politics; it underscores the importance ofembracinga different future and the impossibility of retrieving the past. 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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