wielded
past simple and past participle ofwield
| 单词 | wielded |
| 释义 | wielded past simple and past participle ofwield wield verb[T] uk/wiːld/us/wiːld/C2 toholdaweaponortoolandlookas if you are going to use it: She wasconfrontedby a man wielding aknife. wield influence, power, etc. C2 to have a lot ofinfluenceorpowerover otherpeople: He still wieldsenormousinfluenceinpolitics. Using and misusing
Examplesofwieldedwielded In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The impression was that the texts ' ' protested too much ' ' and were produced with a view to disproving the popular prejudiceswieldedagainst them. From theCambridge English Corpus The modernization of state institutions afforded rulers greater power than ever before, which theywieldedto silence and co-opt the ulema. From theCambridge English Corpus Unfortunately, this only emphasizes the perception that power is beingwieldedaccording to personal bias/desire. From theCambridge English Corpus There have been comparatively few attempts to explore ageism and the forms it takes or how it iswieldedto uphold inequalities based upon age. From theCambridge English Corpus In this they merely supplemented the already considerable physical forcewieldedby the official border security force. From theCambridge English Corpus Language has long been used as a tool by which hegemonic power can bewieldedover those with alternative world visions. From theCambridge English Corpus Some of the nonnative writing might have been further polished, and the editors might havewieldedthe scissors on some of the cross-contribution repetitiveness. From theCambridge English Corpus In response, nineteenth-century women of all classeswieldedneedles, hooks, and bobbins to an extent previously unknown. From theCambridge English Corpus No government could afford to ignore the influence democratic politicians and the party presswieldedin the public sphere. From theCambridge English Corpus To a large extent, it was determined by the power and influence that hewieldedin the neighbourhood. From theCambridge English Corpus From at least the late nineteenth century, it is possible to detect an unease among the millowners about the apparent influence that the jobberwielded. From theCambridge English Corpus Daughters and their spouses also inherited even when sons were available and women appear to havewieldedsome power in the succession process. From theCambridge English Corpus In the absence of such criteria, arguments from 'description versus explanation' can bewieldedmore or less arbitrarily and as such carry no real force. From theCambridge English Corpus Power most often iswieldedin these accounts by male representatives of the state, of employers, or of the judicial system. From theCambridge English Corpus Unlike party support, environmental interest-group pressure can bewieldedmore broadly on legislators and officials during and between elections. 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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