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

• 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。
• 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。
• You needn't bespeak contempt, Linton: anybody will have it spontaneously at your service.
  你用不着要求蔑视，林惇：你随时都可以叫任何人自然而然地瞧不起你。
• He raised his head to bespeak his son's wish.
  他抬头问他儿子的愿望。
• Therefore, investors bespeak new relationships, communication channels and alliances to adapt to the globalization of small and medium enterprises and growth businesses.
  因此，投资者预定新的关系，沟通渠道和联盟，以适应中小型企业的全球化和增长中的行业。
• Rushed e-mails that violate the basic norms of written language bespeak carelessness.
  匆忙写好邮件却违反了书面基本准则，这体现出你的粗心大意。
• The tone of his text bespeaks a certain tiredness.
  他的笔调透出一种倦意。
• Bespeak him a fortnight before, I will have Antonio's heart if he forfeit.
  只要安东尼奥要受罚，我就会要了他的心。
• THE pound stores, factory seconds shops, bookies and boarded-up windows around Stoke-on-Trent railway station do not bespeak a thriving city.
  一磅店，工厂次品店，赌徒，木板封死的窗户，单看Stoke-on-Trent火车站的景色知道这座城市跟繁华没什么关系。