| 词汇 | example_english_creak |
| 释义 | Examples of creakThese 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. The principle that the users of the tunnel should pay for the burden of debt interest is obviously creaking loudly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Our current company law is creaking with age. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As at present organised, they are constantly groaning and creaking under the burden of their increased criminal business. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What we need is the efficient management of a system which creaks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Examining boards are often creaking under strain and disillusioned students are weary of taking exam after exam. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I submit that that is a mistake and that it propagates a system that is creaking at the seams. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are two ways of reforming any part of our system which is creaking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Of course the system is creaking at the limits; that is the problem we seek to remedy through the public-private partnership. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The system that we have had in this country is creaking under the strain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The union itself is creaking at the joints and its future is uncertain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They sound all very well until one remembers how much our parliamentary system is creaking from an overload at the moment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There has been the problem of obtaining ever-increasing revenue from the rating system, which has been creaking at the seams. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is not the whole machinery of medical certification creaking with anomalies, and badly in need of a complete overhaul? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are simple improvements of a type that we never get around to—like mending the staircase that always creaked in grandad's day. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 She must face the truth that the capitalist system is creaking at the joints. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that the effect is to ease certain joints which undoubtedly were creaking in the principal system of land tenure in this country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a suspicion that the machinery is creaking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When so much of our creaking system, particularly the sewerage system, needs to be replaced, who will decide the total programme? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The road system still seems to be coping at off-peak times but sometimes creaks under the strain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that the law as it is at present is creaking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it any wonder that the ship of state of local government is creaking and leaking at so many points? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The amendment is necessary to stop the comprehensive system creaking to a halt and breaking asunder. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, the core of this debate is how we reinvigorate and regenerate our democracy, which is creaking in certain areas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are still creaking in their early stages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Every day it takes the buses for the tourists and the long-loaders for the shipyards, and every day it creaks more and more. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Then there are creaks at the joints, and we have to add on other things to cover the creaks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have an over-burdened curriculum and flawed tests piled on to an already creaking education system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The whole system is creaking and groaning, and it is time for it to be replaced by one which streamlines the two measures. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Money was spent on funding a creaking management structure which was allowing it to happen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe it to be creaking and terribly out-of-date, and it is high time that we had a look at it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In both instances the present law is creaking badly and is becoming steadily more difficult to apply. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Surely that is putting a rather creaking cart in front of an invisible horse. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The whole thing creaks, and small businesses—people in domestic premises and people in shops—are suffering. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have lasted, creaking and groaning, for about 10 years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The simple fact is that the legislation was seen to be creaking and failing, and by the early 1950s it was not working. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Will he please move off the creaking floorboard? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Armies are being mobilised to try to get the system creaking into action. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have myself heard no sounds of creaking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The report shows that the legal and administrative machinery for this purpose has been creaking badly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the silent hours of the night, residents could hear their houses creaking as the subsidence continued, slowly and inexorably. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We come back to the creaking horse-buggy stage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We cannot afford to do otherwise—the creaking platform of public expenditure is on the point of collapse. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The rating system is creaking in every way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have already made the point that this rather creaking system came in at a time when air travel was pretty dangerous. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Were he to glimpse over the top of it he would see a transport system that is creaking at the seams. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 With great respect, far from standing the test of time it is audibly creaking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The machinery of state regulations of more than half a century ago is more than creaking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have a transport system for our capital that is creaking at the seams because of under-investment over many years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 People living in them dare not go to sleep at night because of the cracks and creaking that they hear. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The whole machinery of government has been creaking away in the interval on whether one could accept "without unreasonable delay". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not suggest any impropriety, but the system has been in force since the 1940s, is visibly and audibly creaking and fails to reflect local views. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Can you blame men for becoming impatient and wanting to see a change when they see this institution creaking under the weight of centuries of tradition. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Unfortunately, the increase in the case load of some 60 per cent in the past few years is putting additional strains on a system that was already creaking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Whatever one's view about this generally, nowhere does one see that tripartite administration at greater disadvantage, creaking at the seams, than in the care of old people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The industry is already creaking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why is our infrastructure creaking? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We need to attract the well-heeled, high-spending tourist, particularly the business tourist, thereby putting less of a strain on our country's infrastructure which already often creaks under the increased burden. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The machine is creaking badly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The hinges of the case creaked. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The marketing system for meat is creaking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He complains that the machinery is creaking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The last thing you must do is listen to the creaks and groans from the shuddering ship, the cries of pain and the sounds of conflict from those on board. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Over the years the teachers' bargaining machinery has certainly creaked at the joints from time to time, but that in no way justifies sweeping aside the whole machinery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that it is creaking badly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How is it in fact creaking along? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 His regime was creaking at the time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The trouble is, of course, that the present creaking, complex, piecemeal social security system that we have is unlikely to be a satisfactory instrument for that redistribution. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My view of the quota scheme is that, although it is creaking and much discredited, it should not be dropped until there is clearly something better to replace it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 She has a leather leg that creaks when she walks, and only one finger on her left hand. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The river is deep, and the shaky bridge creaks. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. First, features of ' ejection ' and ' creak ' are distinguished to account for the differences in the patterning of ejectives and glottalised sonorants. His approach to architecture steadily gained appreciation as architectural sentiment creaks towards place-making over modernizing or stylizing. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. As she backs up the fire escape, it creaks, and the cat sees her. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The lagoon functions as bio-swale/retention pond connected to several adjacent creaks. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He knocks on the door and a female figure descends slowly in shadow; the door creaks ominously. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The door then creaked and slammed shut, followed by a repeat of the show's ominous theme music. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Hideous, stumbling footsteps creaking along the misty corridors of time. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Furthermore, this relative movement can cause noises such as squeaks, rattles, and creaks to be heard within the vehicle. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The three-floor structure was framed with large wooden posts and beams, supporting massive floor planks which creaked and groaned underfoot. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The boys feared the groaning of the dying, and when the stairs creaked, we knew why - they were bearing out the dead. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Tui are also known for their noisy, unusual call, different for each individual, that combine bellbird-like notes with clicks, cackles, timber-like creaks and groans, and wheezing sounds. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Just as the tram reaches the midpoint of the bridge, it creaks and massive timbers fall away, causing the bridge to drop the tram a short distance. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. I hope that before the end of this debate he will assure us that this rolling programme will roll and not simply creak. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Existing structures would creak at any extension of powers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The floorboards creaked, and the pine lumber scent was overpowering. The machinery might well have creaked and groaned, but printers and authors could still have felt intimidated by its operation. While this does not make it an antique, it is nevertheless creaking a little given the pace of research in evolutionary biology and systematics - the primary subjects of this volume. The tape-recording may also preserve a good deal that may be extraneous to the text- coughing, chairs creaking, buses going past, the scratch of a match lighting a cigarette. The door swings open unexpectedly with a creak and groan. A few, too tall for their bases, creak at the joints and break their backs as they walk. Each isolated chunk corresponded to a single creak of the coal in consumption - noise bursts lasting no more than few hundredths (sometimes even few thousandths) of a second. The directive, however, is beginning to creak, and revision cannot be put off indefinitely. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We all know that it is an expensive bureaucracy—which, in many local authorities, is already creaking under the strain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The machinery is creaking so badly that it has almost come to a standstill. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a need for more people; the whole thing creaks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The machinery creaks a little here and there. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let the slightest pressure be put upon our ancient fabric, and it creaks with premonitions of imminent collapse. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let me admit that it has creaked in the past. 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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