scotched
past simple and past participle ofscotch
| 单词 | scotched |
| 释义 | scotched past simple and past participle ofscotch scotch verb[T] formaluk/skɒtʃ/us/skɑːtʃ/topreventsomething from beingbelievedor being done: Herremarkswereintendedto scotchrumoursofimminentjoblosses. Synonym thwart Preventing and impeding
Examplesofscotchedscotched In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Any untoward expansion of output, whenever it occurs, must immediately bescotched. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is probably wrong, but things like that have got to bescotched. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That myth has been well and trulyscotched. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That is the myth that is being put about and it needs to bescotched. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We now know that the so-called reform, proposals have beenscotched. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We thought we hadscotchedbaby farming, but recent cases show we have not. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That is quite untrue and the idea could bescotchedby looking at the figures. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The surprise result definitelyscotchedall the allegations that the election would be stolen by cheating by the authorities. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English If we have not entirely solved andscotchedthe germ of inflation, we have at least checked the more violent forms of the disease. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think the idea ought to bescotchedpurely on the argument of there being difficulty in the way of a fair distribution. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I very much hope that this idea of a tax will bescotchedhere and now. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I would be the first to wish for any proposal to bescotchedthat would increase the number of appeals. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 No doubt, if such rumours were around, it is as well to have themscotched. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I doubt whether the snake has beenscotched. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 What must at all costs bescotchedis the natural inequality of the individual. 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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