| 词汇 | drabs |
| 释义 | drabs noun[ plural ] uk /dræbz/ us /dræbz/ in dribs and drabs in small amounts, a few at a time一点一点地，一次少许地 Small in number and quantity beggarly below bupkis certain could count something on (the fingers of) one handidiom count measly mildness mingy minimal minimally remote scantly slenderly slenderness smallness speak strength suggestion thin Examples of drabsdrabs Yet the ' writings ' drifted back in dribs and drabs. This newspaper article made them out to be drabs of the worst, most horrible kind. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Cultural rights must not be recognised in dribs and drabs, but convincingly and generously. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English This is all done in dribs and drabs. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Our experience was that we got the information in dribs and drabs, too late, and very often it was incomplete. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Information began to come out in dribs and drabs about what was to be proposed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One thing has become clear from the dribs and drabs of information that we have managed to extract—this is not a nil-cost package at all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Then the state comes along and gives them dribs and drabs of benefit to try to take them out of poverty. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am sorry to say that information about the details only reaches me in dribs and drabs. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English But these things come in dribs and drabs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There will be a greater tendency for companies to act together, rather than in dribs and drabs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There will be companies adopting the new system in dribs and drabs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At the moment capital can be taken out of the country only in dribs and drabs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have to obtain dribs and drabs from wherever they can, including charity, to make up their weekly income. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The figure now quoted—we have only been allowed the information in dribs and drabs—is £2 billion to £3 billion. 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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