| 词汇 | clawing |
| 释义 | clawing present participle ofclaw claw verb[ I or T ] uk /klɔː/ us /klɑː/ to use claws to tear something or someone: （用爪子）抓，撕，挠 He was seriously injured when one of the lions clawed his back.他的后背被其中一只狮子严重抓伤了。 claw atWhen our cat is hungry, she starts clawing at my legs.我们家的猫饿了就开始抓我的腿。 Animal (non-human) behaviour accidental apex predator beg behave behaviour behavioural science claw fawn gambol homing housebroken migrate monogamous monogamously monogamy murmuration nocturnal ravening scent soar Idiomclaw your way (somewhere) Phrasal verbclaw something back Examples of clawingclawing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. There are economic issues involved in such clawing back and reconversion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why not consider clawing back some of that money for recruitment and the stabilisation of personnel, thereby using that money for the coal industry? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The new face offered every prospect of clawing back earlier losses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This makes it absolutely transparent that they are and will continue to be additional, so there is no question of clawing back. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The clawing back of £1,000 million from taxpayers is bound to increase unemployment substantially. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They will remember the clawing back because of a mistake in the estimates as to the rate of inflation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no intention of saving carbon; it is a measure for clawing back revenue. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, once unanimity is gained, there is no possibility of clawing it back. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The first principle affected is the clawing back of unemployment benefit available to people over 60 who have an occupational pension above a certain amount. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It does not kick them back into poverty by clawing away from their benefits whatever they make in extra earnings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Most companies will maintain stock levels and there will be no question of clawing back of relief. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The clawing back of council tax benefit is not a reserve power: it is crude and it is universal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are clawing our way through consideration of how to achieve that balance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 With universal benefits the taxation system should respond by clawing back the money that is not required. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 First, no provision seems to be made to allow the clawing back into the system of a patient who deliberately does not take his medicine. 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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