| 词汇 | beefed |
| 释义 | beefed past simple and past participle ofbeef beef verb[ I ] informaluk /biːf/ us /biːf/ to complain: 抱怨;大惊小怪 He was beefing about having to do the shopping.他在为不得不去购物而抱怨。 Synonyms bellyacheinformal grouseinformal squawk Complaining be/go on at someoneidiom bellyaching bemoan bewail brouhaha bugger, sod, etc. this for a lark!idiom carping clamour grizzle make noisesidiom mutter nag pardon peep remonstrate representation start on at someone unreported vituperation whiner Phrasal verbbeef something up Examples of beefedbeefed In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. If this product does catch on as a teaching aid (as the concept deserves to do), then maybe its content could be beefed up progressively in subsequent editions. Why on earth is it not beefed up now, without further delay? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I want the scheme to help farmers to improve hedgerows to be beefed up and made much more effective. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The second recommendation that was rejected was that the health warning should be beefed-up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These studies concluded that the nutritional quality of school meals needed to be beefed up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I agree with those who say that local access forums have to be beefed up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Local councils' trading standards departments have to be beefed up so that that aspect of the legislation can be effective. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The benefit will have to be beefed up again in the autumn to keep pace with inflation and people's genuine and reasonable aspirations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not believe, however, that any beefed-up registry is a satisfactory method of dealing with fraud. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The directive could, of course, have been still better and beefed up even more, for example as far as the timetables are concerned. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English In the other place, the commissioner's powers were beefed up so that they could initiate inquiries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will he give us a guarantee that wages councils will be beefed up to deal with injustices? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has never beefed about it until now. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Contrary to what has sometimes been suggested, even beefed-up business representation on learning and skills councils is not a magic wand. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If the sense required to be beefed-up a bit by funds and so on for the authorities, that would not be such a bad thing. 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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