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were

/wur; unstressed wer; British also wair/US // wɜr; unstressed wər; British also wɛər //UK // (wɜː, unstressed wə) //

是,被,是的,为

Related Words

breathe呼吸,呼吸道,呼吸的,呼吸的时候do做,做到,做什么,做事last最后一次,最后一个,最后,最后的prevail占优势,占主导地位,占主导地位的,占主导地位的是move行动,移动,举措,搬迁remain仍然是,剩余的,残留的,剩余rest休息时间,休息,休息时,休息区stay逗留,保持,逗留时间,留persist坚守,坚持不懈,坚持,执着live生活,活,居住,住continue继续,继续说,延续,继续进行subsist维持生计,存活,生存,维持生存stand站在,站立,站,站起来act行动,行为,采取行动,扮演survive生存,生存下来,生还,生存下去inhabit居住于,居住,居住于此,寓居hold持有,举行,保持,持有的obtain获得,取得,获得了,获得的abide恪守,忍受,停留,持续endure经受住了,忍受,忍耐,忍受着

Definitions

v.动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : a second person singular past indicative; first, second, and third person plural past indicative; and past subjunctive of be.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbexist
Synonyms
abide恪守,忍受,停留,持续act行动,行为,采取行动,扮演breathe呼吸,呼吸道,呼吸的,呼吸的时候continue继续,继续说,延续,继续进行do做,做到,做什么,做事endure经受住了,忍受,忍耐,忍受着hold持有,举行,保持,持有的inhabit居住于,居住,居住于此,寓居last最后一次,最后一个,最后,最后的live生活,活,居住,住move行动,移动,举措,搬迁obtain获得,取得,获得了,获得的persist坚守,坚持不懈,坚持,执着prevail占优势,占主导地位,占主导地位的,占主导地位的是remain仍然是,剩余的,残留的,剩余rest休息时间,休息,休息时,休息区stand站在,站立,站,站起来stay逗留,保持,逗留时间,留subsist维持生计,存活,生存,维持生存survive生存,生存下来,生还,生存下去be alive在世,活着,还活着,在世的go on继续,继续说,下去,接着说have being已有,已被,有,已have place已到位,已有,处置,有了
verbhappen
Synonyms
befall临到了,临到,临头了,临近occur出现,发生,发生在,出现了transpire走漏风声,转播,转化,走漏消息come about产生,产生了,出现,形成come to pass落实,兑现,落实到人,落实到行动上take place发案,发生,发起,发病

Examples

  • Having yourself immortalized with a paunch indicated you were wealthy/held high office/were involved in derring-do.

  • If you find yourself hungering for more humorous were-action, check out the British version of Being Human on BBC America.

  • So too, does Henry Kissinger and did the late Arthur Schlesinger Jr., but they are/were apparently another story.

  • There was a certain difficulty in obtaining the necessary funds without announcing precisely what they-were for.

  • In pattern it showed bright green flowers-that-never-were sprawling on a purple background.

  • In Abyssinia, at the present day, blacksmiths are considered to be were-wolves, according to Winstanley.

  • In tropic countries we have stories of supernatural snakes, who appear in various forms, as were-snakes, shall we say?

  • Accordingly they returned to the Court, where the 288 were-wolf became an object of the greatest curiosity to all.

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