| 词汇 | example_english_nibble |
| 释义 | Examples of nibbleThese 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. The word byte brought forth nibble or nybble (half a byte) and gulp (two bytes), neither of which are much used, however. With iterative activities (24c) such as nibbling, to take a nibble denotes one subevent of nibbling (a semelfactive). In practice, nibble is often used in conjunction with the string combinator. A cautious developer will carry out simulations of particularly risky approaches - and perhaps nibble fingernails when the system goes live. The basic method is related to nibble methods used to colour graphs having 'near-disjoint' cliques. They declined, however, to eat pupae of any species, though they nibbled at them occasionally. It nibbled at the boundaries of what respectability might want to construct as private. However, slowly growing rural populations are likely to nibble away at any land that has the potential for crop production, which gives higher returns per hectare. Competitive markets abolish themselves, which is perhaps why the government stuffs the private sector's mouth with gold - to keep it nibbling around the edges and providing 'competition' for electives. The stalemate is occurring in the centre and the nibbling is taking place on the flanks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At least they nibble away at the monstrous international monopoly which airlines have managed to establish. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have simply nibbled at the fringes of the problem instead of tackling it head on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I consider that it is only nibbling at the problem of the highways throughout the country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I know that if one allows nibbling into the green belt one may slightly reduce the amenities of these places for those living there already. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It takes only a tiny midge nibble at the edge of the current farming crisis. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In facing the world with that ferret at its back, all that it is aware of is that the ferret is nibbling at its hindquarters. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The only result has been that one industrialist "nibbled" but went away and there is no prospective development there at all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those who are concerned with women workers know in how many ingenious ways wages are nibbled at, and this provision would make that illegal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was too irresistible to wait any longer to have a nibble at it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, we have to face the fact that there is nibbling at our present electricity supply situation a tendency for gas consumption to increase. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In 30 years the coal industry will still only be nibbling at what may last for centuries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But there will be this continuing nibbling against this freedom. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nowhere, can it be said that a process of nibbling has started. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We cannot go on nibbling at this particular cherry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Instead, they are nibbling and nibbling at the social services all the time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open 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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