signpost

英 [ˈsaɪnpəʊst]

美 [ˈsaɪnpoʊst]

n.  路标
v.  设置路标; 介绍(论证、讲话等的)要点

复数：signposts　过去分词：signposted　过去式：signposted　现在分词：signposting　第三人称单数：signposts　

IELTSTEM8

BNC.14329 / COCA.21771

牛津词典

noun

• 路标
  a sign at the side of a road giving information about the direction and distance of places
  1. Follow the signposts to the superstore.
     跟着路标走就能到超市。
  2. The chapter headings are useful signposts to the content of the book.
     章节标题有助于了解书的内容。

verb

• 设置路标
  to mark a road, place, etc. with signposts
  1. The route is well signposted.
     这条路线路标设置完善。
• 介绍（论证、讲话等的）要点
  to show clearly the way that an argument, a speech, etc. will develop
  1. You need to signpost for the reader the various points you are going to make.
     你需要向读者介绍你将阐述的各个论点。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 路标;道路指示牌
  Asignpostis a sign where roads meet that tells you which direction to go in to reach a particular place or different places.
  1. The lights of the car lit up a signpost...
     车灯照亮了路标。
  2. Turn off at the signpost for Attlebridge.
     在路标处拐弯去往阿特尔桥。
• N-COUNT 线索;征兆
  Asignpostis something that helps you to know how a situation or a course of action will develop.
  1. The outcome of tomorrow's elections will be studied carefully as a signpost of voter intentions on the really big day this year...
     明天的选举结果会被作为今年大选的选民意愿风向标来仔细研究。
  2. These events were all signposts pointing toward change.
     这些事件都是将要进行变革的征兆。

英英释义

noun

• a post bearing a sign that gives directions or shows the way
  Synonym:guidepost

verb

• mark with a signpost, as of a path

双语例句

• A method for digital signpost segmentation and recognition in robot navigation
  一种机器人导航中数字路标的分割和识别方法
• Not far from there, you'll see a signpost pointing to the town where you want to go to.
  离那儿不远，你可以看到一个路标，指明你所要去的那个镇的方向。
• When she drove the car first time, She was confused about the signpost at the roadside and she was off the highway through some wrong gates several times.
  第一次开车上路的时候，她被路边的路标搞糊涂了，几次从错误的出口下了高速公路。
• The signpost indicates the right way to go.
  路标标示正确的前进路线。
• This group created the Agile Manifesto ( Beck, et al., 2001), which has the signpost of the start of agile as a movement.
  与会者制定并发布了敏捷宣言（Becketal.，2001），这成为为敏捷运动开始的里程碑。
• In the map just north of the signpost there is a graveyard.
  在地图中，往北的指路牌，有一个墓地。
• "A signpost on the road to American decline"
  “通往美国衰落之路的指示牌”
• The outcome of tomorrow's elections will be studied carefully as a signpost of voter intentions on the really big day this year
  明天的选举结果会被作为今年大选的选民意愿风向标来仔细研究。
• Play the video tape of lesson 3 up to the third signpost ( Salvation in Covenant) as participants take notes on outlines. She noted down the main points of the speech.
  播放录像直到第三个路标（约中的救恩），让听课人记下要点。她把演说的要点记了下来。
• He stood by the signpost and waited for a wagon to london.
  于是他站在路标旁等候到伦敦的马车。