beguiled
past simple and past participle ofbeguile
| 单词 | beguiled |
| 释义 | beguiled past simple and past participle ofbeguile beguile verb[T] literaryuk/bɪˈɡaɪl/us/bɪˈɡaɪl/topersuade,attract, orinterestsomeone, sometimes inordertodeceivethem : He wascompletelybeguiled by herbeauty. Thesalesmanbeguiled himintobuyingacarhe didn'twant. Synonym captivate Attracting and tempting
Examplesofbeguiledbeguiled In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Again and again the telescope hadbeguiledits untrained users with mirages and deceptions. From theCambridge English Corpus Audiences looking for purifying experiences are easilybeguiledby symbols of innocence, hence the ubiquitous children's choirs in the works described above. From theCambridge English Corpus We should not be so easilybeguiled. From theCambridge English Corpus The reader isbeguiledwith descriptions of the joy of flies, shrimps and young fish, the latter being 'so happy that they know not what to do with themselves'. From theCambridge English Corpus She was an angelbeguiled. From theCambridge English Corpus If we arebeguiledby any of those definitions, relative poverty will, self-evidently, always be with us. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 At present customers arebeguiledby the seagulls in the summer sun which they see in television advertisements. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Let us not bebeguiledby ideas of a leisured utopia. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It cannot be for the benefit of the family to allow young people to bebeguiledin that way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is, however, a danger that we might bebeguiledsimply by material things. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He must not bebeguiledby the reaction to what he said about style. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are not easilybeguiledby accounting officers if we have such experience. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Many of those who would be interviewed could clearly be coaxed andbeguiledinto self-incriminatory statements. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no need for us to bebeguiledby his arguments. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Before our economy collapses completely, let us not bebeguiledby some of the beneficial things that are allegedly happening. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen 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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