| 单词 | rigged |
| 释义 | rigged (once / 2076 pages) adj When something is rigged, it's fully equipped and ready to go. You'll usually find this adjective describing a sailboat or ship with masts and sails. A fully rigged boat has all the necessary ropes, sails, and masts that it needs to travel on the water. While this nautical adjective is narrowly focused on sailing vessels, you can also use rigged to mean "fraudulent" or "tampered with." If a politician talks about a rigged election, he is not-so-subtly accusing his opponent of conspiring to illegally manipulate the outcome of a vote. This meaning comes from a now-obsolete meaning of rig, "a trick." WORD FAMILYrigged: unrigged+/rig: rigged, rigger, rigging, rigs/rigger: riggers/rigging: riggings USAGE EXAMPLESThe digital media ecosystem is completely rigged against ethical responsibility in ways that are potentially more destructive than the old media ecosystem. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) Palmyra, parts of it already destroyed by the Islamists who deemed these monuments idolatrous, was still rigged with explosives. New York Times(Dec 31, 2016) “So it’s rigged if Hillary wins, but it’s not rigged if Trump’s winning?” correspondent Allana Harkin asked a Trump voter. Salon(Dec 31, 2016) adj fitted or equipped with necessary rigging (sails and shrouds and stays etc) Syn|Ant lateen, lateen-rigged rigged with a triangular (lateen) sail outriggedrigged with a structure projecting from or over the side of a boat for various purposes; to prevent capsizing or to support an oarlock or to help secure a mast etc square-riggedrigged with square sails as the principal ones unrigged stripped of rigging |
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