| 词汇 | dabbled |
| 释义 | dabbled past simple and past participle ofdabble dabble verb uk /ˈdæb.əl/ us /ˈdæb.əl/ dabbleverb (TRY)[ I ] to take a slight and not very serious interest in a subject, or try a particular activity for a short period: 浅尝，尝新鲜；涉猎 He first dabbled in politics when he was at law school.他在法学院上学时首次接触政治。 She dabbled with drugs at university.她在大学里沾上了毒品。 Trying and making an effort A game all out assault attempt attempted commitment crack go after someone go all outidiom go down swinging/fightingidiom go for itidiom go for someone nose seek shoot the worksidiom smarten (someone/something) up smarten up your actidiom spare square the circleidiom step on the gasidiom dabbleverb (MOVE IN WATER)[ T ] to put part of your body, such as your hand or foot, into the water of a pool or stream, etc. and move it around玩水，嬉水 Movement on or through water buoyantly cast cast someone adriftidiom dabble dip dip in something float hydroplane outsail raft row sail slingshot smoothness surface tack wade wallow Related worddabbler Examples of dabbleddabbled In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Although he had previously dabbled with psychoanalysis, at this point he was not formally trained. During a sad time in my friend's life, when his family suffered a tragic loss, he dabbled in drugs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I remember one more thing from having dabbled in tactics 10 years ago: one should reinforce success and on no account reinforce failure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He suggested that those of us who occasionally dabbled in newspapers had not shown much ability in that form of speculation in the past. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Then we dabbled extensively in baskets of currencies of various compositions and shapes but never arrived at a pattern that met our criteria. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We believe that politicians have dabbled for too long in the detailed process of wage bargaining. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is there any reason to be ashamed of having dabbled in politics and being politicians? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have dabbled with the idea of legislation that embraces a code of practice suggesting the way forward for companies so that there could be some yardstick. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It dabbled in fishery questions and in land purchase, but, as time went on, it was found that no real progress could be made unless the land-purchase question was settled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Over the past six years there have perhaps been too many well-intentioned people, misguided though they may have been, who have dabbled in what they called community relations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the mid-1910s, he began collecting antiquarian and fine press books as a serious hobby (he had dabbled in book buying previous to this). From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Sedlon was also a professional artist who dabbled in carvings, oil paintings and sketches. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. That instrument remained his first love, but he also dabbled with the violin and the cello. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He is a former boxer and television chef who has also dabbled in politics. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. From there he dabbled in guitar (playing right-handed despite being a natural lefty), bass, tuba, recorder, harmonica, and accordion. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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