exacted
past simple and past participle ofexact
| 单词 | exacted |
| 释义 | exacted past simple and past participle ofexact exact verb[T] formaluk/ɪɡˈzækt/us/ɪɡˈzækt/todemandand get something, sometimes usingforceorthreats: to exactrevengeon someone The blackmailers exacted atotalof $100,000 fromtheirvictims. to make somethingnecessary: Heartsurgeryexactstremendousskillandconcentration. Giving orders & commands
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Essential or necessary Examplesofexactedexacted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Considerable rent arrears had built up, and unauthorized fees were beingexacted. From theCambridge English Corpus He was the local head of his town andexactedtribute from other towns in his province. From theCambridge English Corpus The state supervised this process andexactedits dime. From theCambridge English Corpus Further, adjustments to the musicexactedby its notation confirm the proposed identity. From theCambridge English Corpus Here, the costs of consumption areexactedin the loss of basic sociality. From theCambridge English Corpus This exertionexacteda severe toll on singers, and broken blood vessels in the chest were not rare. From theCambridge English Corpus Most borough charters reserved the finesexactedin borough courts for the corporation's use. From theCambridge English Corpus The ensuing chaos was surpassed only in the retributionexactedby the royal court. From theCambridge English Corpus The third most prevalent topic was the emotional tollexactedby the experience of breast cancer diagnosis and treatment. From theCambridge English Corpus Centennial gatherings consisting overwhelmingly of men commemorating armed men are clearly not the best way of analysing the monstrous toll that military manhood hasexactedof non-combatants. From theCambridge English Corpus Caesars wars seem to haveexacteda ferocious demographic and economic cost. From theCambridge English Corpus Although workplace accidents were all too common, the committee argued that nonoccupational disability and sickness affected even more citizens andexactedan even greater toll on families and economic productivity. From theCambridge English Corpus He accepted that 'in 1945 some retribution had to beexactedbut in 1948 that was put an end to with the consent of all parties'. From theCambridge English Corpus If late third wave pressures have brought greater opportunities for contestation and participation in many cases throughout the region, in other countries they haveexacteda deadly price. From theCambridge English Corpus It is surely unjustified that such payment should beexactedfrom people who merely want information that will make them use the service anyway. 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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