| 词汇 | courted |
| 释义 | courted past simple and past participle ofcourt court verb uk /kɔːt/ us /kɔːrt/ courtverb (PLEASE)[ T ] to try to please someone because you want them to join you: 奉承;讨好;取悦;向…献殷勤 Adams is being courted by a number of football clubs.有好几家足球俱乐部在向亚当斯献殷勤。 Relationships: finding a partner a heavy dateidiom be on the pullidiom chase computer dating court courtship cruising fix go back to someone heavy hook up hot date internet dating lonely on a date pair off personal ad pull pursue romance courtverb (TRY TO GET)[ T ] to try to get something, especially attention or support from other people: 求取，设法取得（尤指注意或支持） She courts publicity by inviting journalists to extravagant parties.她邀请新闻记者参加奢华聚会来谋求曝光度。 Searching -seeking beachcomb beachcomber beachcombing body search bounty hunter divine hunter hunting ground keep your/an eye out for someone/somethingidiom leave no stone unturnedidiom manhunt needle scout scratch search seek someone/something out seeker shake someone down troll courtverb (RISK)[ T ] to risk something unpleasant, especially by behaving stupidly or carelessly: （尤指因行为愚蠢或粗心而）招致，招惹 Drinking and driving is simply courting disaster.酒后驾车纯粹是在招惹祸端。 Taking risks adventurer all in be skating on thin iceidiom bet the farm/ranchidiom broke dare expose hazard high wire high-stakes imperil jeopardize lay re-expose risk run the risk of doing somethingidiom sail sail close to the windidiom skate sniper's alley courtverb (HAVE A RELATIONSHIP)[ I or T ]old-fashioned to have a romantic relationship with someone that you hope to marry: （与…）谈恋爱 They courted for two years before getting married.他们恋爱两年后结了婚。 Relationships: finding a partner a heavy dateidiom be on the pullidiom chase computer dating court courtship cruising fix go back to someone heavy hook up hot date internet dating lonely on a date pair off personal ad pull pursue romance Examples of courtedcourted In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Private and especially corporate sponsors might be courted, and once a sponsor is found, the corporation's products would be advertised in a well-publicised exhibition. I don't remember a single person of my acquaintance being courted with flowers or chocolates. She is then courted by a powerful and well-placed man. Each attempt between the wars had courted unrest and unpopularity, with debates peppered with emotion and passionate language. In the laboratory, infected males readily built nests, developed red nuptial coloration, and courted females. As a significant source of potential votes for an insurgent candidacy, a nascent movement is likely to be recognized and even courted by partisans. Under laboratory conditions the parasite did not prevent reproduction whereas few infected males courted females in the field. Their support was not needed, and therefore they were not courted. Thus, of the infected males in the field, only the largest males with the lowest parasite index courted females. On the contrary, it actively courted its support and welcomed the (usually nominal) involvement of senior government and court figures in its activities. These managers became power brokers, courted by vanilla merchants and timber companies. The manager, in turn, became something of a development celebrity, courted by a number of different donors. Americans of the baby boom are being courted by large numbers of marketers, not for their seemingly endless youth but for their encroaching middle age. Even more incongruously it had made him a figure to be courted, albeit not always with great appetite, by the cultural and artistic intelligentsia that had heretofore scorned him. The parties both courted and intimidated delegates. 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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