uttering
present participle ofutter
| 单词 | uttering |
| 释义 | uttering present participle ofutter utter verb[T] formaluk/ˈʌt.ər/us/ˈʌ.t̬ɚ/C2 to say something or to make asoundwithyourvoice: Shesatthrough thewholemeetingwithout uttering a word. to say something
Saying & uttering
Examplesofutteringuttering In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. When producing an utterance, a speaker's illocutionary intention is his intention to perform some illocutionary act(s) inutteringthose words. From theCambridge English Corpus If so, the composition of the respective monuments would be that of personagesutteringtheir own calendrical names. From theCambridge English Corpus He shows recognition of the customer's intended word byutteringit and thereby correcting her nonnative pronunciation (line 18). From theCambridge English Corpus Utteringis a process producing a statement in language (only a discursive element) and assigning a structural position to this statement in the dialogue2. From theCambridge English Corpus Here again, there is disconnection with the situation ofutteringbecause of the hypothetical marker if, which serves as the locator. From theCambridge English Corpus Furthermore,utteringa string with quite different linguistic content, such as the bus is late again, would have had a similar effect. From theCambridge English Corpus Thus,utteringthe intransitive verbs go and fall in transitive frames evidently is intended to suggest causative interpretations. From theCambridge English Corpus Descriptively used negations, like descriptively used positives, are often followed by a clause which provides evidence for the belief expressed inutteringthe first clause. From theCambridge English Corpus The social commitment assumed by a speakerutteringa sentence does not stop with the proposition expressed. From theCambridge English Corpus The main affordance of categorical reference, including naming, is that it can be accomplished with little interactional work - often byutteringa single word. From theCambridge English Corpus In spoken interaction the user can interrupt, for instanceutteringpardon could you repeat that please or thank you. From theCambridge English Corpus Thus, inutteringan assertion, the speaker makes himself responsible for the truth of the proposition expressed. From theCambridge English Corpus Inutteringa request, the speaker appeals to his interlocutor(s) to make the proposition expressed come true. From theCambridge English Corpus In each of these cases, the speaker performs an action merely byutteringthe right words under the right circumstances. From theCambridge English Corpus This act ofutteringa specific form is dwelt upon as a contingent or possible event, not simply as something actually done. 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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