| 词汇 | straddled |
| 释义 | straddled past simple and past participle ofstraddle straddle verb[ T ] uk /ˈstræd.əl/ us /ˈstræd.əl/ to sit or stand with your legs on either side of something: 骑，跨坐;分开腿站在…上 He pulled on his helmet and straddled the motorbike.他戴上头盔，跨坐在摩托车上。 Something that straddles a line, such as a border or river, exists on each side of it or goes across it: 跨过，横跨（边界、河流等） Our farm straddles the railway line.我们的农场横跨铁道线。 to combine different styles or subjects: 融合，兼顾（不同风格或主题） It's described as a new kind of dance music which straddles jazz and soul.这被称为一种融合了爵士乐和灵乐的新式舞曲。 mainly USdisapproving to be unable to decide which of two opinions about a subject is better and so partly support both opinions: 对…持观望态度，对…持骑墙态度 It's not the first time this year that the president has been accused of straddling an issue.总统今年已经不是第一次被人指责态度暧昧了。 Boarding and alighting from modes of transport alight bestride board climb debark deplane disembark disembarkation dismount embark embarkation entrain get off get on get out hop mount reboard settle straddle You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Crossing and moving through Connecting and combining Doubt & ambivalence Examples of straddledstraddled In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. This is hardly surprising since many of the writers straddled artistic and reform circles. The possession of composite estates, or properties that straddled borders, enabled many men to sit as grand jurors in more than one county jurisdiction. However, more borders would be straddled in this case, affecting border detection and contrast estimation by mixing information from several objects. The long tubular duct, which makes up about one twelfth of ducts, carries the highest risk of embolization since there is no area of constriction to be straddled. Retired people during the 1990s straddled two dominant cohorts, a conservative generation born at the beginning of the 20th century, and a more culturally-liberal generation born during the 1940s. The time period addressed in the theses has also altered; though compiling statistics here is difficult as many theses straddled periods, particularly the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Canopy heating was less on the raised beds, especially when straddled by rain shelters. Disease straddled the divide, a threat to both, but perceived and dealt with differently by each. What would happen when a planning development straddled local authorities or had a major impact on more than one local authority? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This straddled primary and secondary provision and separate information is not available. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That shortcoming will be familiar to those whose employment has straddled both public and private sector industrial activity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not possible to give a precise sterling equivalent since payments during the year straddled the date of devaluation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For example, would an offence be committed if a dog's stools straddled the gutter and the kerb? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Their gardens, streets and schools and the lives that people in so many parts of my constituency lead are, frankly, straddled by overhead lines. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has given only a small number of weeks, which straddled the local elections, and authorities in the area are finding it very difficult to make representations in 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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