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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• This predisposition may bespeak a different mentality.
  这种偏爱可能说明不同的心智状态。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Today's events bespeak future tragedy.
  今日之事件乃预示他日之不幸。
• 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。
• 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。