truanting
present participle oftruant
| 单词 | truanting |
| 释义 | truanting present participle oftruant truant verb[I] UKuk/ˈtruː.ənt/us/ˈtruː.ənt/Children who truant areregularlyabsentfromschool, usually whilepretendingtotheirparentsthat they have gone toschool: You'llfailallyourexamsif youcarryon truanting. Not going to school
Examplesoftruantingtruanting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Euphemistically termed 'youth in the mist', these include youth who startedtruantingat a young age and who frequently changed school. From theCambridge English Corpus Many prisoners have experienced social exclusion including running away from home as a child,truantingand exclusion from school, poor numeracy and reading skills, unemployment, and homelessness. From theCambridge English Corpus The percentage of time missed due to truancy is decreasing, and children aretruantingfor shorter periods. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Children who have been excluded or who aretruantingintimidate children when they leave school. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Truantinginevitably leads to the possibility of crime. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The report highlights the fact that by the age of 11 years many such young people aretruanting. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The causes of truancy and the things that people do when they aretruantingcover much more than employment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Unquestionably, if a child istruanting—especially if he or she is then permanently excluded from school—there is a very high risk of that child offending. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That can again lead to withdrawal,truantingand exclusion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That will lead to his rejecting education,truanting, exclusion and all that flows from that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We also make care orders fortruantingfrom school. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The important matter is to find a way of gettingtruantingchildren back in school. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Offending often begins while children aretruantingfrom school. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The concerns are that increasing the fines for parents oftruantingchildren and, more particularly, jailing them will be counterproductive. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They weretruantingand on the verge of permanent exclusion, which would, inevitably, have been followed by involvement in crime. 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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