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词汇 clamouring
释义 clamouring
present participle ofclamour
clamour
verb[ I ]
UK(USclamor)uk /ˈklæm.ər/ us /ˈklæm.ɚ/
to make a loud complaint or demand: 大声(或吵闹)地抱怨,大声地要求
clamour forThe children were all clamouring for attention.孩子们都吵吵嚷嚷希望引起注意。
[ + to infinitive ]She clamours to go home as soon as she gets to school.她一到学校就吵着要回家。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Shouting & screaming
barracking
bawl
bellow
burst
burst out
call (something) out
clamour
cry
cry out
ejaculate
give someone a shoutidiom
holler
howl
lung
shout
shouty
squawk
the hairdryer treatment
thunder
whoop

Examples of clamouring


clamouring

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


Throughout the post-war years such moderate wage hikes as the workers obtained set the patrons clamouring for higher prices; grudging price rises encouraged the workers to press for higher wages.
May he not see his offspring in rags and misery, and clamouring for bread that he cannot give them?
This happens to be their day for clamouring for it: tomorrow may be their day for lamenting it.
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If we had not been so mesmerised in recent years, they would be clamouring for reductions in taxation, not cheering increases.
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We should end up with 10 stalls all clamouring for attention.
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The people are clamouring for better houses; they are demanding that they shall be able to live in decent hygienic conditions.
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I cannot readily recollect any provision so indefinite and so clearly clamouring for more precise expression than that in this subsection.
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Is it not the case that the majority of the internees are clamouring for the opportunity of working and that such opportunities are still denied?
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They are not like other territories which are clamouring for independence; they are terrified of being left alone.
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They are clamouring to-day, and it is no use blaming the trade union leaders.
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Therefore, they will be clamouring for additional sources of revenue.
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Why should we reduce the output of goods when every person is clamouring for goods for which he cannot afford to pay?
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On the other hand, we are told that it is a tremendous burden on employers who are clamouring for its removal.
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Users and merchants will be clamouring for more choice.
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There were 200 or 300 people all clamouring for work.
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