ascertaining
present participle ofascertain
| 单词 | ascertaining |
| 释义 | ascertaining present participle ofascertain ascertain verb[T] formaluk/ˌæs.əˈteɪn/us/ˌæs.ɚˈteɪn/todiscoversomething: Thepolicehave sofarbeenunableto ascertainthecauseof theexplosion. [+ question word]Have you ascertainedwhethershe's coming or not? to makecertainof something: [+ that]I ascertainedthatno one couldoverhearus before I told Otto thenews. Finding and discovering
Examplesofascertainingascertaining In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Some attention needs to be given to incorporating a wider range of methods forascertainingsubjects in order to obtain more representative samples. From theCambridge English Corpus An evaluation of the family history method forascertainingpsychiatric disorders. From theCambridge English Corpus Assessments of the initial plausibility of such theories basically involveascertainingwhether they are the products of sound abductive reasoning. From theCambridge English Corpus Significantly, pain appears in the one domain where legal and religious authorities cooperated - theascertainingof truth when no direct evidence was available. From theCambridge English Corpus In scientific methodology, the place of prediction inascertainingthe empirical adequacy of scientific theories has been emphasized at the expense of their explanatory value. From theCambridge English Corpus The analysis of the top-view sequence focused onascertainingthe significant scales of a standing cross-vortex tube and the changes with time of its shape. From theCambridge English Corpus Items drawn from the depression and mania sections were adapted so that, rather thanascertainingepisodic symptoms, they assessed for the nonepisodic presentation of symptoms. From theCambridge English Corpus In this second study, we directly examine the role of one methodological factor - the use of proband informant reports inascertainingrelative diagnosis. From theCambridge English Corpus The main methodological limitation of the study was the reliance on retrospective methods forascertainingchildhood experiences and psychopathology. From theCambridge English Corpus The problem ofascertainingdegree of change is, in short, not resolved. From theCambridge English Corpus My discussion applies, however, to any legal system wherein moral principles figure among the criteria forascertainingthe law. From theCambridge English Corpus This has to be an important consideration inascertainingthe social worth of any new medical technique. From theCambridge English Corpus The meaning of musical performances depends onascertainingwhich music was actually played at which events, which is never easy. From theCambridge English Corpus Ascertainingwhether inter-chromosomal recombination is advantageous will also shed light on the evolutionary maintenance of one-step meiosis. From theCambridge English Corpus Ascertainingthe law on a particular issue is just a matter of looking up the propositions that are applicable to the issue. 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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