单词	graft
释义	graft1 noungraft2 verb graftgraft1 /ɡrɑːft $ ɡræft/ noun Word Origin WORD ORIGINgraft1 Origin: 1400-1500 graff ‘graft’ (14-19 centuries), from Old French grafe ‘pencil, graft’, from Greek graphein ‘to write’; because a plant graft looks like a pencil Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES A major investigation is underway to root out graft there, he said. Stevens was in court yesterday facing charges of graft and tax evasion. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A major investigation is under way to root out graft there, they said. About 30 % of such grafts fail in two to five years and 50 % within 10 years. About 40 percent of her diseased liver was removed and replaced with a graft from a healthy liver. I've got gravel wounds in my back and my leg hurts where they took a skin graft. In Springfield you could tell real fast which men were there for girls, games, and graft. Murders, theft, rape, calumnies, graft - our daily bread. People once accepted government greed and graft with a shrug of resignation. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatordishonest behaviour► dishonesty dishonest behaviour: · Are you accusing me of dishonesty?· The report accuses both politicians of dishonesty and of misrepresenting the facts. ► corruption when someone who works for the government, the police etc uses their power dishonestly to get money or gain an advantage: · The chief of police was forced to resign after allegations of corruption.· The administration has frequently been accused of corruption and abuse of power.widespread corruption: · Corruption has become so widespread there that you almost can't imagine the system working without it. ► bribery when someone offers money to a politician or government official in order to persuade them to do something: · Officials said the bribery investigation would continue.· US firms are alleged to have used bribery to win contracts.· Several politicians are linked to the bribery and sex scandal.bribery and corruption: · One of Murrow's chief campaign promises was to do something about bribery and corruption. ► graft American dishonest behaviour by politicians who accept money from companies in return for helping them: · Stevens was in court yesterday facing charges of graft and tax evasion.· A major investigation is underway to root out graft there, he said. ► sharp practice British business activities or ways of making money that are clever and dishonest, though not actually illegal: · We couldn't discover anything specific, but there was definitely some sharp practice going on.· His grandfather had made a fortune out of a piece of commercial sharp practice in the 19th century. ► dirty tricks dishonest activities that are designed to gain political advantage, for example by spreading false information about your opponents: · Burrows denied that members of his election staff had been involved in dirty tricks.· The book focuses on the dirty tricks, break-ins, and illegal campaign contributions of the 1972 presidential election.dirty tricks campaign: · They had carried out a dirty tricks campaign to discredit opposition leaders. WORD SETS► Agriculture agrarian, adjectiveagribusiness, nounagro-, prefixagro-industry, nounanimal husbandry, nounanimal rights, nounartificial insemination, nounbale, nounbale, verbbarn, nounbarnyard, nounbattery, nounbiotechnology, nounbreadbasket, nounbreed, verbbreeding, nounbroiler, nounbroiler chicken, nounBSE, nounbuckaroo, nounbull, nounbutcher, verbbyre, nouncapon, nouncattleman, nouncattle market, nouncattle prod, nounchaff, nounchicken, nounchicken run, nouncollective farm, nouncoop, nounco-op, nouncorral, nouncorral, verbcowboy, nouncowgirl, nouncowhand, nouncowpoke, nouncreamery, nouncroft, nouncrofter, nouncrofting, nouncultivate, verbcultivation, noundairy, noundairy cattle, noundairy farm, noundairymaid, noundairyman, nounDDT, noundip, verbdip, noundirt farmer, noundrover, noundry-stone wall, noundude ranch, nounDutch barn, nounextensive agriculture, factory farming, nounfallow, adjectivefarm, nounfarm, verbfarmer, nounfarmhand, nounfarmhouse, nounfarming, nounfarmland, nounfarmstead, nounfarmyard, nounfeedstock, nounfield, nounfishery, nounfish farm, nounfish meal, nounflail, verbflail, nounfleece, nounfodder, nounfold, nounfoot and mouth disease, nounforage, nounfowl, nounfree-range, adjectivefungicide, noungamekeeper, noungeld, verbgenetically modified, adjectivegentleman farmer, nounGM, adjectivegoatherd, noungraft, noungraft, verbgranary, noungreenhouse, noungreen revolution, nounGreen Revolution, nounhacienda, nounharrow, nounhatchery, nounhayloft, nounhaymaking, nounhaystack, nounheifer, nounhen house, nounherbicide, nounherd, nounherd, verbherdsman, nounhigh-yield, adjectivehired hand, nounhomestead, nounhomestead, verbhopper, nounhorticulture, nounhusbandry, nounhutch, nouninsecticide, nounintensive agriculture, irrigate, verbJersey, nounkibbutz, nounlamb, verbland agent, nounlasso, nounlasso, verblift, verblitter, nounlivestock, nounlonghorn, nounmad cow disease, nounmanure, nounmeat, nounmerino, nounmilk, nounmilk churn, nounmilking machine, nounmilking parlour, nounmilkmaid, nounmixed farming, nounmower, nounmuck, nounmuckheap, nounnursery, nounoast house, nounorangery, nounorchard, nounorganic, adjectiveorganic farming, paddock, nounpaddy, nounpasturage, nounpasture, nounpasture, verbpastureland, nounpen, nounperpendicular, adjectivepest, nounpesticide, nounpiggery, nounpigpen, nounpigsty, nounpigswill, nounpitchfork, nounplantation, nounplanter, nounplough, nounplough, verbploughboy, nounploughman, nounploughshare, nounpoultry, nounproducer, nounpullet, nounPYO, raise, verbranch, nounrancher, nounranching, nounrange, nounranger, nounrear, verbrick, nounrubber, nounrun, nounrustle, verbscarecrow, nounscythe, nounsharecropper, nounshare-cropper, nounshear, verbshearer, nounsheep-dip, nounsheepdog, nounsheep-pen, nounshepherd, nounshepherdess, nounsickle, nounsilage, nounsilo, nounslaughter, verbslaughterhouse, nounsmallholding, nounsow, verbsow, nounsprayer, nounstable, nounstable, verbstable boy, nounstall, nounstation, nounsteer, nounstock, nounstockbreeder, nounstockman, nounstockyard, nounstubble, nounsty, nounswill, nounswine, nounswineherd, nountenant farmer, nounterrace, nounthresh, verbthreshing machine, nountractor, nountrough, nountruck farm, nountrue, adverbudder, nounvillein, nounvineyard, nounweedkiller, nounweevil, nounwheat, nounwheatgerm, nounwheatmeal, nounwinnow, verbwool, nounwrangler, nounyoke, nounyoke, verb Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► skin grafts  Martha had to have several skin grafts. ► hard graft  Our success has been due to sheer hard graft. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► hard · Horses are not stupid and will soon grasp how to avoid hard graft!· A mere £8,000, plus two months of hard graft.· You're standing hunched up with the dull awareness of the hard graft.· It's hard graft getting it out of her.· The bomb and the bullet of course provide more dramatic reportage than hard graft, the golf club and fishing rod.· All you need is £8,000 and about two months hard graft, as one Clwyd farmer found out.· The hard graft may be persuading him or her to do the job. NOUN► skin · Pauline Leyshon has been told her latest skin graft operation is imminent.· After a skin graft on his leg, the patient is now fully recovered, he said.· I've got gravel wounds in my back and my leg hurts where they took a skin graft.· Jay Burns has undergone 18 skin grafts since the horrible accident three years ago, an accident that nearly destroyed his life.· She's also had a major skin graft.· The other chap had a skin graft.· Could mule pregnancies be interfered with by giving the mare a skin graft from her prospective donkey consort?· Schellenberg could see where the skin graft stretched tightly. 1[countable] a piece of healthy skin or bone taken from someone’s body and put in or on another part of their body that has been damaged:  Martha had to have several skin grafts.2[countable] a piece cut from one plant and tied to or put inside a cut in another, so that it grows there3[uncountable] especially British English informal hard work:  Our success has been due to sheer hard graft.4[uncountable] especially American English the practice of obtaining money or advantage by the dishonest use of influence or power:  He promised to end graft in public life. graft1 noungraft2 verb graftgraft2 verb Verb Table VERB TABLE graft Simple Form Present I, you, we, they graft he, she, it grafts Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they grafted Present perfect I, you, we, they have grafted he, she, it has grafted Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had grafted Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will graft Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have grafted Continuous Form Present I am grafting he, she, it is grafting you, we, they are grafting Past I, he, she, it was grafting you, we, they were grafting Present perfect I, you, we, they have been grafting he, she, it has been grafting Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been grafting Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be grafting Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been grafting Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES The political parade was grafted onto the Frontier Days celebration. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS After being grafted, the joints are dipped into paraffin wax for protection. By grafting in another eyecup another lens can be induced to form from the overlying layer. Husbands and wives were bound by deep ties-like two branches grafted together. I made a note to myself to come back in early spring to get scions for grafting. If one could only graft the best aspects of Scimone and Devos on to one another, the roof would really lift off! If they are grafted on to existing vocational education-representing a change in name only-we will be worse off than when we started. Kallicharran took nearly two and a half hours over 34, while Fredericks was grafting away at the other end. They grafted themselves, in fact, on to a much older, more primitive and powerful religious life. word sets WORD SETS► Agriculture agrarian, adjectiveagribusiness, nounagro-, prefixagro-industry, nounanimal husbandry, nounanimal rights, nounartificial insemination, nounbale, nounbale, verbbarn, nounbarnyard, nounbattery, nounbiotechnology, nounbreadbasket, nounbreed, verbbreeding, nounbroiler, nounbroiler chicken, nounBSE, nounbuckaroo, nounbull, nounbutcher, verbbyre, nouncapon, nouncattleman, nouncattle market, nouncattle prod, nounchaff, nounchicken, nounchicken run, nouncollective farm, nouncoop, nounco-op, nouncorral, nouncorral, verbcowboy, nouncowgirl, nouncowhand, nouncowpoke, nouncreamery, nouncroft, nouncrofter, nouncrofting, nouncultivate, verbcultivation, noundairy, noundairy cattle, noundairy farm, noundairymaid, noundairyman, nounDDT, noundip, verbdip, noundirt farmer, noundrover, noundry-stone wall, noundude ranch, nounDutch barn, nounextensive agriculture, factory farming, nounfallow, adjectivefarm, nounfarm, verbfarmer, nounfarmhand, nounfarmhouse, nounfarming, nounfarmland, nounfarmstead, nounfarmyard, nounfeedstock, nounfield, nounfishery, nounfish farm, nounfish meal, nounflail, verbflail, nounfleece, nounfodder, nounfold, nounfoot and mouth disease, nounforage, nounfowl, nounfree-range, adjectivefungicide, noungamekeeper, noungeld, verbgenetically modified, adjectivegentleman farmer, nounGM, adjectivegoatherd, noungraft, noungraft, verbgranary, noungreenhouse, noungreen revolution, nounGreen Revolution, nounhacienda, nounharrow, nounhatchery, nounhayloft, nounhaymaking, nounhaystack, nounheifer, nounhen house, nounherbicide, nounherd, nounherd, verbherdsman, nounhigh-yield, adjectivehired hand, nounhomestead, nounhomestead, verbhopper, nounhorticulture, nounhusbandry, nounhutch, nouninsecticide, nounintensive agriculture, irrigate, verbJersey, nounkibbutz, nounlamb, verbland agent, nounlasso, nounlasso, verblift, verblitter, nounlivestock, nounlonghorn, nounmad cow disease, nounmanure, nounmeat, nounmerino, nounmilk, nounmilk churn, nounmilking machine, nounmilking parlour, nounmilkmaid, nounmixed farming, nounmower, nounmuck, nounmuckheap, nounnursery, nounoast house, nounorangery, nounorchard, nounorganic, adjectiveorganic farming, paddock, nounpaddy, nounpasturage, nounpasture, nounpasture, verbpastureland, nounpen, nounperpendicular, adjectivepest, nounpesticide, nounpiggery, nounpigpen, nounpigsty, nounpigswill, nounpitchfork, nounplantation, nounplanter, nounplough, nounplough, verbploughboy, nounploughman, nounploughshare, nounpoultry, nounproducer, nounpullet, nounPYO, raise, verbranch, nounrancher, nounranching, nounrange, nounranger, nounrear, verbrick, nounrubber, nounrun, nounrustle, verbscarecrow, nounscythe, nounsharecropper, nounshare-cropper, nounshear, verbshearer, nounsheep-dip, nounsheepdog, nounsheep-pen, nounshepherd, nounshepherdess, nounsickle, nounsilage, nounsilo, nounslaughter, verbslaughterhouse, nounsmallholding, nounsow, verbsow, nounsprayer, nounstable, nounstable, verbstable boy, nounstall, nounstation, nounsteer, nounstock, nounstockbreeder, nounstockman, nounstockyard, nounstubble, nounsty, nounswill, nounswine, nounswineherd, nountenant farmer, nounterrace, nounthresh, verbthreshing machine, nountractor, nountrough, nountruck farm, nountrue, adverbudder, nounvillein, nounvineyard, nounweedkiller, nounweevil, nounwheat, nounwheatgerm, nounwheatmeal, nounwinnow, verbwool, nounwrangler, nounyoke, nounyoke, verb 1[transitive] to remove a piece of skin, bone etc from part of someone’s body and put it onto or into a part of their body that has been damagedgraft something onto/to something The technique involves grafting a very thin slice of bone onto the damaged knee.2[transitive + on/onto] to join a part of a plant or tree onto another plant or tree3[transitive] to add something very different to something, so that it becomes part of itgraft something onto something New elements are being grafted onto our traditional form of government.graft something on It is a 17th-century farmhouse with some Victorian additions grafted on.4[intransitive] especially British English informal to work hardgraft off somebody phrasal verb American English to get money or advantages from someone by the dishonest use of influence, especially political influence
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