bespeak

英 [bɪˈspiːk]

美 [bɪˈspiːk]

v.  展现; 显示

第三人称单数：bespeaks　现在分词：bespeaking　复数：bespeaks　过去式：bespoke　过去分词：bespoken　

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BNC.43233 / COCA.22202

牛津词典

verb

• 展现；显示
  to show or suggest sth
  1. His style of dressing bespoke great self-confidence.
     他的衣着风格显得十分自信。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 显示；流露；展现
  If someone's action or behaviourbespeaksa particular quality, feeling, or experience, it shows that quality, feeling, or experience.
  1. The tone of his text bespeaks a certain tiredness.
     他的笔调透出一种倦意。

英英释义

verb

• express the need or desire for
  1. She requested an extra bed in her room
  2. She called for room service
  Synonym:requestcall forquest
• be a signal for or a symptom of
  1. These symptoms indicate a serious illness
  2. Her behavior points to a severe neurosis
  3. The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued
  Synonym:betokenindicatepointsignal

双语例句

• The surface of the body and the surface graffiti of walls bespeak social and cultural identities.
  身体表面的肌肤和墙体表面上的涂鸦，表明的是社会和文化的身份。
• These shifts bespeak dissatisfaction with the constraints of traditional banqueting.
  这些变化显示了人们对传统宴会种种约束的不满。
• The relics left by the Aztecs bespeak a high degree of civilization.
  阿兹提克族人的遗迹证明其拥有高度文明。
• Her house, her style of living, all bespeak an exceeding good income.
  她的家，她的生活方式，都证明她有一笔很大的收入。
• As young performers, we bespeak your indulgence.
  我们都是年轻演员，我们请求您的包函。
• He raised his head to bespeak his son's wish.
  他抬头问他儿子的愿望。
• All bespeak the unusual accuracy of the gun and it's all-around combat worthiness.
  所有这些战例都证实了这种炮不同寻常的精确性以及它全面的战斗价值。
• But in spite of this great love he bore John thornton, which seemed to bespeak the soft civilizing influence, the strain of the primitive, which the Northland had aroused in him, remained alive and active.
  然而，除了他这种对约翰桑德怀有的伟大的爱这说明了温文尔雅的文明对他的影响，北国从他内心唤起的那种原始的牵引力依然存在而且活跃。
• Today's events bespeak future tragedy.
  今日之事件乃预示他日之不幸。
• The character of "Ba" in Xiaogan dialect, bespeak its simutaneous difference in area, reflect the developing trace of linguistic history.
  孝感话把的特点，显示了把在地域上的共时差异，反映了语言历史演变的轨迹。