| 词汇 | courting |
| 释义 | courting present 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 courtingcourting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Someday a philanthropist will start a centre of courting rooms. Crucially, the increase in plausibility afforded by this analytical stance need not come at the theoretically unpalatable cost of courting determinism. Several stages in the courting process allowed a woman the chance to reject disagreeable suitors. If genes can ground nest-building and courting in birds, web-building in spiders, and language learning in human beings, why not polyandry or avunculocality? Family approval for developed courting relationships regained a degree of importance in the post-war world. For many of the informants, the music of their youth and courting had some of the strongest memories. Courting was the ' ' normal ' ' state from say, 16, onward. As there would be no rank-order lists, there could be no sly wink-and-nod commitments between candidates and institutions courting one another. The couple had been courting for eight years before they married in 1940 when she was pregnant. When first observed the insects were in the act of copulation, so no courting was seen. Infected males in shoals are consequently capable of courting females. We have no standard methods of building, or hunting, or eating, or keeping ourselves clean, or courting, or looking after our young. For example, suppose a suitor is courting a woman whom he considers beautiful, noble, and uniquely gifted. Trying to plan in the face of such circumstances is, in their opinion, to be irrational, to be courting disappointment, or predetermined to fail. Discussions of love, within the 2001 replies, are framed by the overarching subject ' courting and dating ' and therefore reflect the process of solicitation. 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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