fining
present participle offine
| 单词 | fining |
| 释义 | fining present participle offine fine verb[T] uk/faɪn/us/faɪn/B2 tochargesomeone anamountofmoneyas apunishmentfor notobeyingaruleorlaw: Drivers whoexceedthespeedlimitcanexpectto be finedheavily. [+ two objects]They fined him £100forusingthreateningbehaviour. Synonym ticket
Punishing & punishments
Examplesoffiningfining In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. This succession could represent afining-upward sequence due to subsidence of the shelf if preserved in the original stratigraphic order. From theCambridge English Corpus This boundary fault also inducedfining-upwards vertical patterns and synsedimentary deformation in the marginal facies. From theCambridge English Corpus The trackways were found in the laminated fine sands and siltstones at the tops offining-upwards sequences. From theCambridge English Corpus Afiningof the deposits can be recognized towards the south and east, in accordance with growing thickness and obvious change in depositional environment. From theCambridge English Corpus This unit, in general, displays afining-upward character. From theCambridge English Corpus The fourth issue raised is that of outward conformity, and the formal submissions required of recusants wishing to escape thefiningsystem. From theCambridge English Corpus Shelf-derived carbonate debris flows and calciturbidites, accumulated on a subsiding passive margin after continental break, explaining their overallfining-upward character. From theCambridge English Corpus The interpreted alluvial fan complexes accompany the west and east margin structures, and show an overallfiningtoward the basin centre. From theCambridge English Corpus This bed shows afining-upward from a coarse- to a medium-grained sandstone without other recognizable internal sedimentary features. From theCambridge English Corpus By 1601 the court wasfiningpeople who had not given money to the collection. From theCambridge English Corpus Compared to the inner fan facies association, these sediments show continuity of bedding, lack of slump features, thinning andfining-upward depositional cycles. From theCambridge English Corpus The distributary channels are represented by large sandstone bedforms which are capped by afining-upward sequence of fine-grained sediments deposited after distributary abandonment. From theCambridge English Corpus Waning flow and shallowing resulted in thefining-upwards grading, and possible exposure of bar tops and channel margins for short periods. From theCambridge English Corpus Undoubtedly some magistrates did their best to stamp out the crime by uncompromisinglyfiningand gaoling offenders. 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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