| 单词 | was |
| 释义 | was verb ukstrong/wɒz/weak/wəz/us/wɑːz/past simple ofbe （be 的过去式）Existing and being
was| American Dictionarywas us/wʌz,wɑz,wəz/past simple ofbe Examplesofwaswas Therewasno lack of demand for the product. From theCambridge English Corpus Early modern culturewasstill deeply imbued with warrior values, some of which (including those concerning women) were intensified by engagement with religious reformation. From theCambridge English Corpus The performancewasa great success and the showman collected a tidy sum of money. From theCambridge English Corpus The notion of longterm ' risk ', as we have seen,wasnot yet central to public health in the 1950s. From theCambridge English Corpus The intentionwasplainly to frighten the ruler into making his request at once. From theCambridge English Corpus In a deeply gendered consumer market, the use of cosmeticswasunambiguously coded as womanlike. From theCambridge English Corpus A bill based on the weight of the copper (and later zinc), and hence the amount of electricity used,wassent to the household. From theCambridge English Corpus The intellectual context of what at this timewasconsidered to be plausible and demonstrable is also significant. From theCambridge English Corpus The crucial pointwasthe remedy, financial compensation, or reinstatement. From theCambridge English Corpus Republicanism, in the sense of antimonarchism,wasa product of accident rather than design. From theCambridge English Corpus In the wider context of the decade thiswasa disturbing threat to a nominally ordered society. From theCambridge English Corpus Trustworthiness of the engineerswasalso paramount in attempts to establish railway locomotives as a safe, reliable, and cheap form of transportation. From theCambridge English Corpus Moreover, the death ratewasonly high amongst the older age groups. From theCambridge English Corpus Hewasforced to take some steps to check it. From theCambridge English Corpus In fact, although the discipline he imposed in his factorywasa severe one, itwasborn of a desire to improve his workmen's lot. 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. |
| 随便看 |
|
英汉双解词典包含207842条英汉词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。