signpost

英 [ˈsaɪnpəʊst] 美 [ˈsaɪnpoʊst]

n.  路标
v.  设置路标; 介绍(论证、讲话等的)要点

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IELTSTEM8

BNC.14329 / COCA.21771



牛津词典

noun

  1. 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

  1. 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。
  2. 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

  1. N-COUNT 路标;道路指示牌
    A signpost is 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。
  2. N-COUNT 线索;征兆
    A signpost is 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。

双语例句

  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。
  3. 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。
  4. These events were all signposts pointing toward change.
    这些事件都是将要进行变革的征兆。
  5. "A signpost on the road to American decline"
    “通往美国衰落之路的指示牌”
  6. A clearer signpost to the reality of "social sales" financial transactions taking place within a social site is hard to imagine.
    这也是“社交销售”(在社交网站发生的金融交易)成为现实的最明显信号。
  7. It is a signpost in life, a trail marker.
    那是人生中的一个标记,人生路上的外国人雇用里程碑。
  8. As a result, the Brazilian presidential election on October 3 will be a celebration of the past, as much as a signpost to the future.
    因此,10月3日的巴西总统大选既是一场欢送过去的庆典,也是通向未来的一个路标。
  9. 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
  10. The man set the boy on his way until he reached the signpost.
    这人一直把孩子送到路标跟前。
  11. 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。
  12. 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。
  13. Thus it set up the clear signpost that can be distinguished on the blind spot of traditional ethic.
    从而在传统伦理学的盲点上树起了清晰可辨的路标。
  14. If the application has a toolbar, it should also be considered a recognizable signpost.
    如果程序有工具栏,那么也应该将其当做可识别的标志。
  15. A signpost with variable number of signs that you can lengthen or shorten.
    标志数量可变的标志柱,您可以将其加长或缩短。
  16. A signpost indicated the right road for us.
    一个路标为我们指明了正确的路。
  17. 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。
  18. In my work with clients, I've come to see boredom as an important signpost.
    在给我的顾客咨询当中,我开始把无聊看作一块重要的指示牌。
  19. The signpost indicates the right way to go.
    路标标示正确的前进路线。
  20. He would argue with a signpost.
    他甚至会为了一个路标而争吵。
  21. 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。
  22. The signpost indicates which street this is.
    路标标示出这条街的名字。
  23. 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。
  24. As you enter berlin, you'll pass a signpost to potsdam.
    在进入柏林的时候,你会路过一个到波茨坦的路牌。
  25. This signpost tells the way to New York.
    这个路标指示前往纽约的路。
  26. 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。
  27. Lf you don't care we'll go to the signpost.
    你要是无所谓我们就去路标那。
  28. History thus becomes negated-what then will be our new signpost to direct us towards the future?
    历史成为虚无,人类未来的校正路标在哪里?
  29. Tolstoyism is the signpost Tolstoy found for the life struggle after he profoundly thought over and experienced the life.
    托尔斯泰主义是托尔斯泰对生命、生活进行深刻思考和体悟后为人生努力方向寻找的精神路标。
  30. The Signpost, which appeared in 1909, had great influence on the transforming Russian literature.
    1909年诞生的《路标》文集对俄罗斯文学的转向起了巨大影响。

英英释义

noun

  1. a post bearing a sign that gives directions or shows the way

      Synonym:    guidepost

    verb

    1. mark with a signpost, as of a path