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词汇 turfed
释义 turfed
past simple and past participle ofturf
turf
verb[ T ]
uk /tɜːf/ us /tɝːf/
to cover a piece of land with turf用草皮覆盖
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Phrasal verbs


turf something out
turf someone out

Examples of turfed


turfed

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


Seats were placed at intervals and the rest of the grounds were turfed with spaces set aside for dancing.
It has now been kerbed, turfed and planted with shrubs, and is kept as an ornamental area.
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All those people are to be turfed out.
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Contractors have been turfed out, and often penalised.
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That was a backward administration and that was why it was soundly defeated and turfed out at the municipal election.
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Such a scheme would save people from being turfed out of their houses.
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They could not keep up the mortgage payments, so along came their fellow countrymen and turfed them out.
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It was a figure way over that which turfed us out of the exchange rate mechanism.
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It is empty of promises, incompetent—as the poll tax farrago has shown—and it will be turfed out justifiably.
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Their managers do not get "turfed out" in the manner in which tenants of public houses do.
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Again, if they try to board a bus at 6.25 pm, they will be turfed off.
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That is a reason why they were turfed out of office in 1997.
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In the west midlands, 10 district chairmen were recently turfed out after only one term of office and 10 new chaps were brought in.
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If one tries to obtain protection before the law, one finds that one is turfed out during the summer period.
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The moment it was seen that they were not "turfed off" at once, the number started increasing.
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