entrusting
present participle ofentrust
| 单词 | entrusting |
| 释义 | entrusting present participle ofentrust entrust verb[T+ adv/prep] uk/ɪnˈtrʌst/us/ɪnˈtrʌst/to give someone a thing or adutyfor which they areresponsible: He didn'tlooklike thesortof man you should entrustyourluggageto. Twoseniorofficialshave been entrustedwithorganizingtheauction. Giving, providing and supplying
Examplesofentrustingentrusting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The venture of faith is an act of trust, or ofentrustingoneself, in the light of what is believed. From theCambridge English Corpus Her new contribution to this discussion revolves around the phenomenon of city merchants purchasing sheep andentrustingthem to nomads for care and shearing. From theCambridge English Corpus Under normal circumstances,entrustingstylebook decisions to so large a group would be thought a recipe for linguistic confusion, but circumstances were not normal. From theCambridge English Corpus Byentrusting'prefects' with the interpretation of the law, the emergency anticipated the centralising and authoritarian trends which would arise during the war. From theCambridge English Corpus In doing so, he stressed the need to bolster the cattleentrustingsystem, existing in ' friendly ' relations between the communities, with specific policy measures. From theCambridge English Corpus These beliefs are involved inentrustingsomeone with a given task. From theCambridge English Corpus He further distinguishes between thin believing, in which there is noentrustingof oneself, and thick believing, in which there is. From theCambridge English Corpus But there might be no occasion for me to act on my trust byentrustingsome matter to you. From theCambridge English Corpus Patients assume a position of vulnerability by depending on their physician, to the point ofentrustingtheir life to that analogue of friendship. From theCambridge English Corpus Second, they need to be confident that their privacy is protected and that the security risks involved inentrustingagents to perform transactions on their behalf are minimized. From theCambridge English Corpus There is no difficulty aboutentrustingan organisation of this kind with a sum of money. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 So, although it is unusual, there may be something to be said forentrustingthis task to one man. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 As regards mortgages, customers are notentrustingtheir own funds to financial firms; it is the other way round. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If we must insist upon some form of local autonomy, that might be better thanentrustingit to bodies which have general purposes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Surely, there is no greater danger inentrustingthis matter to the discretion of a tribunal. 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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