wondering
present participle ofwonder
| 单词 | wondering |
| 释义 | wondering present participle ofwonder wonder verb uk/ˈwʌn.dər/us/ˈwʌn.dɚ/wonderverb(QUESTION)B1[I] toaskyourselfquestionsorexpressawishtoknowabout something: [+ question word]Shouldn't youphonehome?Yourparentswill be wonderingwhereyou are. He'sstartingto wonderwhetherhe did therightthing inacceptingthisjob. [+ speech]Will thisturkeybebigenough for eight, I wonder? "Have youdecidedwhere you're going nextsummer?" "I've been wonderingabout(=considering)goingto Florida." B1 used inphrases, at thebeginningof arequest, to make it moreformalandpolite: Wewerewonderingif/whetheryou'd like to havedinnerwith us sometime? [+ question word]Iwonder whetheryou couldpassme thebutter? Iwonder ifyou could give me someinformationaboutplacestovisitin thearea?
Thinking and contemplating
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Polite expressions wonderverb(SURPRISE)[I]formal tofeelorexpressgreatsurpriseat something: [+ (that)]I don't wonder(that)sheburstintotearsafter the way youspoketo her. Surprised
IdiomI shouldn't wonder Examplesofwonderingwondering In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. I was leftwonderingto whom exactly the book was aimed. From theCambridge English Corpus This duplication extends to tables of chemical composition, so that you end upwonderingwhich information to believe. From theCambridge English Corpus An external light source illuminates theirwonderingfaces while leaving the rest of the picture comparatively drab. From theCambridge English Corpus Moreover, the reader is leftwonderingif social criticism flowed only in one direction. From theCambridge English Corpus In less familiar territory, the reader is often leftwonderingwhat might happen if a passing suggestion is pursued. From theCambridge English Corpus Once ovarian cancer is suspected, surgery is scheduled urgently, leaving womenwonderinghow their seemingly innocuous symptoms turned out to be cancer. From theCambridge English Corpus In both versions, she quotes her characterwonderingwhat a group of people were doing in a cemetery late at night. From theCambridge English Corpus Elsewhere, the reader is often leftwonderingwhy cases of censorship occurred in certain eras. From theCambridge English Corpus We werewondering, however, whether archaeological research and historical interpretation would thrive optimally with an interaction of specialisms only. From theCambridge English Corpus One is leftwonderinghow relations evolved during the crucial years of cardenista experimentation. From theCambridge English Corpus We are leftwonderingwhy they were they never reinstated in the 1950 or 1972 reprints. From theCambridge English Corpus I keep singing and stepping, and smile encouragingly at them,wonderingwhere this will lead, and what will happen next. From theCambridge English Corpus After the performance, curiously, some of the audience seemed embarrassedwonderingwho to be applauded. From theCambridge English Corpus Again, in case you'rewondering, substitution is more likely to be permissible than subordination. From theCambridge English Corpus One is left at the end of the bookwonderingquite what is its central thrust, and to whom it is aimed. 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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