skyrocketed
past simple and past participle ofskyrocket
| 单词 | skyrocketed |
| 释义 | skyrocketed past simple and past participle ofskyrocket skyrocket verb[I] uk/ˈskaɪˌrɒk.ɪt/us/ˈskaɪˌrɑː.kɪt/toriseextremelyquicklyor makeextremelyquickprogresstowardssuccess: Housingpriceshave skyrocketed inrecentmonths. Synonym rocketinformal Price increases
Examplesofskyrocketedskyrocketed In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. In recent years, however, unemployment has decreased steadily, at present being back at the low levels of the prosperous early 1970s, and employment hasskyrocketed. From theCambridge English Corpus The unemployment rateskyrocketed, welfare recipiency expanded and various cutbacks and changes in social benefits and welfare services were introduced. From theCambridge English Corpus The number of medium to large-scale formal sector contracting firms hasskyrocketedin the last decade. From theCambridge English Corpus On aggregate, prices have notskyrocketedas some have argued. From theCambridge English Corpus In 1991-95, during demobilisation, ceasefire and the replacement of the old security forces, crimeskyrocketed. From theCambridge English Corpus Conferences and symposia were frequent, publicationsskyrocketed, and new scientific journals specifically dealing with alternatives were established. From theCambridge English Corpus Also in 1871, the price of tin hadskyrocketedto 140 pounds a ton. From theCambridge English Corpus The result is that prices for funk records haveskyrocketedin the last eight to nine years. From theCambridge English Corpus Prices on basic goodsskyrocketedin the 1990s. From theCambridge English Corpus Since liberalization, the establishment of nurseries by family associations for very young children hasskyrocketedin rural and presumably traditional areas. From theCambridge English Corpus If the legislative powers of the president had been extended to score 8, the share of non-partisans in the cabinet would haveskyrocketedto 63.5 per cent! From theCambridge English Corpus However, the role of currencies and exchange rates as global adjustment mechanisms hasskyrocketed. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English Even without a port directive, this short-distance sea transport appears to haveskyrocketedalready in recent years. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English Without regulation, industrial uses of limited resources of natural gas would haveskyrocketed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This crisis actually began before the present global economic crisis, at a time when world maize and wheat pricesskyrocketedin a very short time. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English 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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