Bespeak
[bɪ'spiːk] or [bɪ'spik]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) be a signal for or a symptom of; 'These symptoms indicate a serious illness'; 'Her behavior points to a severe neurosis'; 'The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued'.
整理:瓦莱丽--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To speak or arrange for beforehand; to order or engage against a future time; as, to bespeak goods, a right, or a favor.
(v. t.) To show beforehand; to foretell; to indicate.
(v. t.) To betoken; to show; to indicate by external marks or appearances.
(v. t.) To speak to; to address.
(v. i.) To speak.
(n.) A bespeaking. Among actors, a benefit (when a particular play is bespoken.)
編輯:梅尔维尔
同義詞及近義詞:
v. a. [1]. Order, speak for beforehand.[2]. [Rare.] Forebode, foretell, predict.[3]. Indicate, imply, proclaim, declare, betoken, show.
編輯:雷金纳德
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Betoken, foreorder, forestall, provide, prearrange, indicate, evidence
ANT:Belie, resign, countermand
阿伦編輯
解釋/意思:
v.t. to speak for or engage beforehand: to stipulate or ask for: to betoken.—v.i. (obs.) to speak:—pa.t. bespōke′; pa.p. bespōke′ and bespōk′en.—n. an actor's benefit so called because the actor's friends and patrons bespeak or choose the piece to be performed that night.
手打:威利
例句/造句/用法:
- It's a pity you don't have a bespeak, being so particular. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- The letters, too, bespeak the character of the man. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Does it not, I ask, bespeak the indiscretion, or, worse than that, the blackness of heart--that I should say so! 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- I am come here to bespeak Fanny a seal. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- We bespeak your indulgence, you understand, as young performers; we bespeak your indulgence. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- He has his favourite box, he bespeaks all the papers, he is down upon bald patriarchs, who keep them more than ten minutes afterwards. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Throughout an enormously large proportion of the ocean, the bright blue tint of the water bespeaks its purity. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- His very speed bespoke the importance of his information. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- I say that I think he's bespoke. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Like a bolt of lightning it raced toward Helium until its very speed bespoke the unusual. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- She has bespoken a boy then? 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
校對:奥斯瓦德