fiddled
past simple and past participle offiddle
| 单词 | fiddled |
| 释义 | fiddled past simple and past participle offiddle fiddle verb uk/ˈfɪd.əl/us/ˈfɪd.əl/fiddleverb(CHEAT)[T]UKinformal toactdishonestlyinorderto get something for yourself, or tochangesomethingdishonestly,especiallytoyouradvantage: Shemanagedto fiddle afreetriptoAmerica. He had been fiddlingtheaccounts/books/financesforyears. Cheating & tricking
fiddleverb(MOVE ABOUT)[I] tomovethings about ortouchthings with noparticularpurpose: Putyourpapersdown andstopfiddling with them! Touching & feeling
fiddleverb(INSTRUMENT)[I]informal toplaytheviolin Playing music
Idiomfiddle while Rome burns Phrasal verbsfiddle around fiddle (around) withsomething Examplesoffiddledfiddled In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. I can't remember how the numbers were worked out - wefiddledaround with that. From theCambridge English Corpus I would be prepared to say now that an awful lot of expenses filed in the last five years have been "fiddled". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We must suspect that these figures have been "fiddled", as every other figure had been "fiddled". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is great anguish in my area because the exemption is clearly beingfiddled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a monstrous allegation that the case was "fiddled" and fraudulently settled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They have wilfullyfiddledthe local government funding settlement in a way that has made the problem in our schools worse. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We have produced a system which is notfiddled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 What he means is that theyfiddledit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 However, some economic organisations believe that although the figures are notfiddled, they are not necessarily accurate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no question of pensioners being cheated orfiddled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We havefiddledfigures on the reclassification of the working families tax credit and a series of other things. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If one multiplies that up and down the country one can see that that is how the figures have beenfiddledfor a considerable time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The franchise is being fixed andfiddledby means of the poll tax. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He said that the figures had beenfiddled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He is quite adept at fiddling figures, as was shown when hefiddledthe hospital waiting lists. 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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