英语词汇“fleeced”的音标、意思、用法及中文翻译-反思网

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

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So often the victim gets fleeced and the fleecer gets clear away.
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They are planning more and more taxes, so the road user will be fleeced, but less and less will be spent on public transport.
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However, the taxpayer, who initially paid for the bridge, is being fleeced and is having to pay interest charges on the money provided.
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The public are being fleeced every week, being almost bled white and exploited by these people who just want to make vast sums of money.
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The phrases ripped off, fleeced, done, overcharged or taken for a ride all mean the same thing: people have not received value for money.
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Why should the public be fleeced in that way?
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I am not prepared to see the public fleeced while we are waiting for standards to be evolved.
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Surely these men ought not to have to suffer all the disadvantages of long-distance travel and then be fleeced by the railway companies?
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He has been well and truly fleeced, as were so many others.
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Does he believe that people on such low incomes should be fleeced by the greedy banks?
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Where we see fraudulent dealings and innocent people being fleeced, we want to do something about it.
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We are interested in the matter, not only as representing miners but as consumers, and we fear that both miners and public are being fleeced.
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There are many people who have been badly advised, ill-treated and fleeced.
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