sparked
past simple and past participle ofspark
| 单词 | sparked |
| 释义 | sparked past simple and past participle ofspark spark verb[T] uk/spɑːk/us/spɑːrk/C2 tocausethestartof something,especiallyanargumentorfighting: Thisproposalwillalmostcertainlyspark anothercountrywidedebateaboutimmigration. Therecentinterest-rateriseshave sparked newproblemsforsmallbusinesses. Thevisitof the G20leaderssparkedoff(=causedthestartof)massdemonstrations. to make something happen
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Examplesofsparkedsparked In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. They are embedded in a social and cultural world, linked to other concepts and feelings andsparkedby stimuli specific to that milieu. From theCambridge English Corpus The emphasis on heterogeneitysparkeddebates about longevity and set the stage for the current interest in frailty as individual risk. From theCambridge English Corpus Nevertheless, the reader's interest will besparkedby the descriptive commentary that is found in this chapter. From theCambridge English Corpus For instance, it wassparkedby the reported achievement of controlled nuclear fusion. From theCambridge English Corpus Thissparkeda life-long interest in genetics of immune responses to parasites. From theCambridge English Corpus Our theoretical interest in spatial diffusion wassparkedoff by concern with the tangible matter of democratization. From theCambridge English Corpus The issuesparkeda concerned debate in the city. From theCambridge English Corpus The growing commercialization, specialization and competition that followedsparkeddebates that shaped both politics and social institutions into the nineteenth century. From theCambridge English Corpus In principle, we may suppose that at one extreme the allegorical meaning is merely top-dressing, an occasional implicationsparkedby a detail. From theCambridge English Corpus This earlier worksparkedgreat controversy, and led to very fruitful debates in philosophical theology and epistemology. From theCambridge English Corpus In other words, explorationsparkedan ecological vision, leavened with respect for the power of the natural world. From theCambridge English Corpus This incidentsparkedpublic demands by other lawyers for a transition to a multiparty system. From theCambridge English Corpus Both weresparkedby the threat of investigation into financial and human rights crimes committed by the previous regime. From theCambridge English Corpus The large cache lines transferred on remote reads contain evaluated closures andsparkedbut unevaluated closures, as expected. From theCambridge English Corpus Among the concerns thatsparkedthis row was the proximity of the new buildings to well-known historic monuments. From theCambridge English Corpus 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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