warned
past simple and past participle ofwarn
| 单词 | warned |
| 释义 | warned past simple and past participle ofwarn warn verb[IorT] uk/wɔːn/us/wɔːrn/B1 to make someonerealizeapossibledangerorproblem,especiallyone in thefuture: [+ obj + to infinitive]We were warned nottoeatthefishwhich mightupsetourstomachs. [+ obj + (that)]Have you warned them(that)there will be anextrapersonfordinner? I was warnedagainst/offgoingto theeastcoastbecause it was sofulloftourists. Theboatingareaismarkedwithbuoysto warnoffswimmers. There weresignswarningoffogassoonas we got onto themotorway. Thisparticularcurryisextremelyhot-bewarned! Put thatballdown now, Laura - I'm warning you(= I willpunishyou if you do not)!
Threats & warnings
Examplesofwarnedwarned In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Potential readers of the book should perhaps bewarnedthat the author has not made things easy for them. From theCambridge English Corpus Punishments depended on the offence, but she could bewarnedby the wet-nursing inspection bureau, fined or dismissed. From theCambridge English Corpus The opponentswarnedthat the project meant the end of the beach as a popular site of recreation for common people. From theCambridge English Corpus The public needs to bewarnedabout risks involved in consumption of processed meat products, and educated about proper foodhandling and storage. From theCambridge English Corpus Iwarnedexplicitly for a mystification of particularity and the dangers of a return to mythology. From theCambridge English Corpus The local statewarnedthat union funds 'which might easily reach a considerable figure' could be diverted to politically revolutionary purposes. From theCambridge English Corpus And theywarnedthat hearing news without the context provided in a newspaper would confuse the public. From theCambridge English Corpus The minister of defence againwarnedthat the plan was a death trap but nobody listened. From theCambridge English Corpus Some writers have evenwarnedthat students' participation in the assessment process may discipline, rather than empower, students. From theCambridge English Corpus Medical authoritieswarnedthat doctors often felt a conflict between their obligations to their patients and the demand for cause-of-death data. From theCambridge English Corpus In fact, the pamphletwarnedpotential applicants that their preservice training would not suffice to make them "competent and reliable" colonial civil servants. From theCambridge English Corpus Subjects were notwarnedof the possible organization into semantic categories during the learning stage. From theCambridge English Corpus Instructionswarnedagainst guessing; scoring of the checklist was the number of correct magazine titles checked minus the number of foils checked. From theCambridge English Corpus The rest of us might do better to recall, whenwarnedof the next doomsday, what ever became of the last one. From theCambridge English Corpus Each was fined 20d andwarnednot to reoffend, on pain of a 20s fine or banishment. 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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