英语词汇“ferreting”的音标、意思、用法及中文翻译-反思网

ferret something out

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ferreting

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

For example, as police commissioner, with reporters at hand, he would stalk the roughest neighborhoods at night, ferreting out criminals and police laxity.
He showed the heuristic value of such mistakes, by describing the growth of mathematics as a process of systematically ferreting out mistakes in existing and new mathematical proofs and concepts.
Walsh's method throughout is characterised by a painstaking ferreting for the facts.
The only effective method of destroying rabbits is by gassing, and probably by ferreting.
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We are not ferreting back into 1964 or even 1965.
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No one goes ferreting in order to control the rabbit population.
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The rest of my farm was dealt with by ferreting, and the rabbits have been kept under reasonable control by that means.
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That is the worst kind of scaremongering—ferreting around for party political advantage in the sewer of politics.
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If it were used, it should be dealt with sternly, but despite all the ferreting of the journalists, no violence was ever established.
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There is no question of ferreting out anything.
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It seems to me that that perpetual ferreting around, digging and sniffing confirms that direct benefit is not easily proven.
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It explicitly does not mean ferreting through people's private e-mails or steaming open their post.
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We are all deeply indebted to him for the ferreting that he has done over a considerable period.
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There are market research organisations which are ferreting around and asking daft questions about us.
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We do not need a wise man, however wise he may be, ferreting among the facts.
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词汇	ferreting
释义	ferreting present participle offerret ferret verb informaluk /ˈfer.ɪt/ us /ˈfer.ət/ [ I+ adv/prep ]UK to search for something by moving things around with your hands, especially in a drawer, bag, or other closed space: （尤指在抽屉、包等中）搜寻，翻找 ferret aroundI was just ferreting around in my drawer for my passport.我当时正翻抽屉找我的护照。 [ I ] to search for something or someone, by looking in many places or asking many questions: 四处搜寻；探查 After a bit of ferreting, I managed to find his address.四处搜寻了一会儿，我找到了他的地址。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Searching -seeking beachcomb beachcomber beachcombing body search bounty hunter divine hunter hunting ground keep your/an eye out for someone/somethingidiom leave no stone unturnedidiom manhunt needle scout scratch search seek someone/something out seeker shake someone down troll Phrasal verb ferret something out Examples of ferreting ferreting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. For example, as police commissioner, with reporters at hand, he would stalk the roughest neighborhoods at night, ferreting out criminals and police laxity. He showed the heuristic value of such mistakes, by describing the growth of mathematics as a process of systematically ferreting out mistakes in existing and new mathematical proofs and concepts. Walsh's method throughout is characterised by a painstaking ferreting for the facts. The only effective method of destroying rabbits is by gassing, and probably by ferreting. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are not ferreting back into 1964 or even 1965. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No one goes ferreting in order to control the rabbit population. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The rest of my farm was dealt with by ferreting, and the rabbits have been kept under reasonable control by that means. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is the worst kind of scaremongering—ferreting around for party political advantage in the sewer of politics. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If it were used, it should be dealt with sternly, but despite all the ferreting of the journalists, no violence was ever established. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no question of ferreting out anything. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It seems to me that that perpetual ferreting around, digging and sniffing confirms that direct benefit is not easily proven. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It explicitly does not mean ferreting through people's private e-mails or steaming open their post. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are all deeply indebted to him for the ferreting that he has done over a considerable period. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are market research organisations which are ferreting around and asking daft questions about us. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not need a wise man, however wise he may be, ferreting among the facts. 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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Examples of ferreting