exercised
past simple and past participle ofexercise
| 单词 | exercised |
| 释义 | exercised past simple and past participle ofexercise exercise verb uk/ˈek.sə.saɪz/us/ˈek.sɚ.saɪz/exerciseverb(DO HEALTHY ACTIVITY)B1[IorT] to dophysicalactivitiesto makeyourbodystrongandhealthy: She exercises mosteveningsusually byrunning. A work-out in thegymwill exercise all themajormusclegroups. [T] If you exercise ananimal, you make itwalkorrunso that itstaysstrongandhealthy: Now he'sretiredhespendsmostafternoonsexercising hisdogs.
Exercising & training
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Walking and walkers exerciseverb(USE)C2[T]formal to use something: I exercised mydemocraticrightby notvotingin theelection. Always exercisecautionwhenhandlingradioactivesubstances. We'vedecidedto exercise theoption(= use thepartof alegalagreement)tobuythehousewe nowlease.
Using and misusing
Idiomexercisesomeone'smind Examplesofexercisedexercised In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Another element undermining the total controlexercisedby central government was the question of corruption. From theCambridge English Corpus Demarcation applies also to the debates in which scientists engage, where criticism isexercised. From theCambridge English Corpus Where judges accepted the comprehensiveness rationale, they were greatly increasing the discretion of local officials to determine where and how private rights could beexercised. From theCambridge English Corpus Yet, earlier prime ministers have notexercisedthis right. From theCambridge English Corpus The first involved questions of authority, such as whoexercisedultimate authority and whether any limits could be placed on this power. From theCambridge English Corpus Had the commissionersexercisedtheir powers it is likely that the subsidy yield could have been sustained. From theCambridge English Corpus Though he stillexercisedsome of the influence appropriate to his status, he was an absentee lord lieutenant. From theCambridge English Corpus Caution must beexercisedin extrapolating from these observations, since it is easy to over-generalize from the few portraits of working-class life we have. From theCambridge English Corpus Such partiality can beexercisedthrough overt pressures or through subtle constraints on open expression. From theCambridge English Corpus In these investigations, a class of trees is considered, and a type of random walk on it isexercised. From theCambridge English Corpus The variable measuring ' days per weekexercised' produced no significant results. From theCambridge English Corpus This practice is stillexercisedheavily today, not so much in church and architecture but in cinema and set design. From theCambridge English Corpus For the early churches, control wasexercisedby detailed drawings and instructions. From theCambridge English Corpus Thus, the landed proprietorsexerciseda good amount of autonomy and authority in the economic sphere. From theCambridge English Corpus Care managers said that users rarelyexercisedor were offered a choice in selecting a domiciliary care agency. 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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