单词
pegged
释义
peggedpast simple and past participle ofpeg(Definition ofpeggedfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofpegged
peggedSalaries and stipends must bepeggedto the actual cost of living with automatic raises to compensate for inflation.From theCambridge English CorpusWepeggedourselves, when giving plots we used a tape measure.From theCambridge English CorpusThe hardships of the early 1990s with thepeggedexchange rate were still clearly in people's memory, and nobody wanted to see them again.From theCambridge English CorpusIn order to close gaps between the sheets and the ground, the chains were immediatelypeggedto the ground with metal pegs.From theCambridge English CorpusWere the term "salary" used, resident doctors would become eligible for cost-of-living, nonpracticing, and other allowances that arepeggedto inflation.From theCambridge English CorpusHe may hold that concepts arepeggedto paradigms that are recognizable by the linguistically competent, and that there is mutual knowledge about this recognition.From theCambridge English CorpusThere was a dramatic decline in area in 1996 at most of the sitespeggedin 1992.From theCambridge English CorpusTelevision, in particular, has beenpeggedas a culprit.From theCambridge English CorpusThe bark roof would be held down with a framework of logspeggedtogether.From theCambridge English CorpusThe squares were pinned down horizontally at ground level, with metal pegs and covered by apeggeddome of chicken-wire (mesh width 3 cm) to exclude larger animals.From theCambridge English CorpusBecause most countries found themselves somewhere in between apegged, but adjustable exchange rate and a managed float, this representation was reasonably accurate until the late 1980s.From theCambridge English CorpusI have today told health authorities that the amount that they can pay agencies supplying locums will bepeggedat 1987–88 levels.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0By 1969 it was felt to be unjust that rents should bepeggedto twice the 1939 value.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0We very much regret that the uniform business rate has not beenpeggedat last year's level and is still edging its way up.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0That decision was right—our salaries should bepeggedto civil servants' pay levels.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0These 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.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/pegged##
