| 词汇 | example_english_punctuate |
| 释义 | Examples of punctuateThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Why are long periods of political stability punctuated by sudden bursts of intense instability? Usually this is punctuated by orchestral chords, although sometimes the accompaniment is more extended. Her portrayal of individual lone stars, in the heavenly constellations, is punctuated by silences, most ominously. The recognition of probable parasequences within each sequence points to an episodic shallowing of each sequence, the overall regressive cycles being punctuated by deepening episodes. The walls on either side are solid and unforgiving except where punctuated by openings to the spaces beyond. They would then split lengthwise, releasing miracidia which swam rapidly in straight lines punctuated by rapid random changes in direction. However, he punctuates the final part of the sentence differently. The work as a whole seems to emulate the slow, cyclical movements which occur in nature, punctuated by sudden upheavals and disruptions. They are encased and punctuated by dense fibrous tissue. The blank western wall, punctuated at intervals by colour-coded doors, becomes a 'wall for art', animating the calm side of the street. Much indeed depends on how his words are punctuated and translated. Their elaboration, as articulated and punctuated streets and routes, continues to underpin the development of the project. He made efforts, punctuated by varying interludes of 'concealment' and latency, to return to this concept on every occasion he thought favourable for doing so. The local population was mainly nomadic and semi-nomadic living over a wide area punctuated by an extremely sparse and weak network of settlements. Iconicity in this section also includes the modulating and punctuating functions of prosodic and paralinguistic features ; and indexicality in language (14-15). Debates over "acceptable prot margins" punctuated much of the ministry's interactions with the prime minister. Monteore punctuates her journal with references to her religious faith and her conviction that despite their difculties, there is a providential plan. The roads are often congested for commuting to work and for commercial transactions, and they are punctuated by numerous traffic lights. Chronic small-scale attacks and raids were punctuated by more serious uprisings. The courtroom action was punctuated with remarks from various "talking heads" explaining the science of cloning, its risks, and the ethical issues it raises. In other words, for specific traits, counteractive niche construction may sometimes facilitate periods of evolutionary stasis, punctuated by rapid genetic change. We may envisage three scenarios, borrowed from the evolutionary theory of living systems : gradual transition, quantum evolution, and punctuated equilibria. The voices are regularly punctuated by the reiteration of motifs that turn up at key points. In addition, the city walls were punctuated by four corner towers. The silence was more effective because much of the rest of the play was punctuated by shouted army commands, as well as by pipe music and traditional marching songs. The essay is punctuated in 12 sections, equivalent to chapters, each one of which is preceded by a quotation from the group's texts'or connected to their cultural background. Theatrically, the play consists of short scenes, punctuated by traditional folk-song, and introduced by an 'announcer', who places each episode in its immediate political and historical moment. Within a crowded visual environment, saturated by color, black and white punctuated the norm, and offered the popular media a way of addressing visually the developing cultural landscape. 237 itself is punctuated with passages addressed directly to those who had abjured, and by implication to those hearers and readers who might have been wavering in their own opinions. The result is part history, part memoir - indeed parts of the book are often punctuated by a first-person narrative - which never achieves the level of objectivity its author desired. The interwar period was, therefore, punctuated by bouts of concerned inquiry into the effectiveness of the reformatory ; both in the quality of care it provided and its rehabilitative success. Unfortunately, he does not distinguish properly between gradualness\\abruptness and constant pace\\ punctuated equilibrium, so this part of the language\\biology analogy does not get put across well. No doubt many protracted events of this sort are punctuated by such epiphanies, but they are probably experienced by too few participants to make them decisive. However, that philosophy was almost overwhelmed by the legislative decisions punctuating the case, and we would strongly suggest that palliative care needs to become more sensitive to the theistic beliefs. The focus of the text is therefore the pathology; it is an illness-narrative, punctuated with selections from the autobiographical materials that illustrate the different phases of the disease. The spectacle of a picture, unlike the behavior of a character, necessarily punctuates the action of a story, simultaneously effecting both change in, and commentary on, its procedure. A major question which scholars are now beginning to address seriously is the motivation and effectiveness of the edicts of pacification which punctuated the religious wars. Rather than thinking of spaces as 'flat' they can be seen to have 'layers' of meaning informed by and embedded with historical narratives of events punctuated by innovations. The injunction to sing without stop - which punctuates the narrative text - is thus thrown into relief and impressed anew upon the memory with each recurrence of the refrain. The plot was punctuated with short scenes attentive to the rhythms of rural life and careful to record the passing seasons and the weather, especially in the autumn. The last decades of the twentieth century have been punctuated by a series of food scares. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Indeed, his remarks were punctuated by his belief that in a very short time there would be a strong recovery in world trade. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Periods of peace were punctuated by invasion and internal strife. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As a result, they live shorter lives, which are punctuated by more frequent episodes of ill health. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The reason for the delay is not periods in care punctuated by periods with the birth parents. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Each list of speakers consists of a sequence of names punctuated by a gap immediately before the winding-up speaker or speakers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The debate could be punctuated by their contributions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are punctuated, as he will see on examination. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As you will know, that issue has punctuated consideration of our governance of the royal parks throughout our dealings with the subject. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Since then, there has been no period when there has not been a constant sense of danger and strain, punctuated by repeated frontier incidents. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are punctuated by a few trains, which are separated, for obvious safety reasons. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not prepared to have it punctuated continually by interruptions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am grateful for the fact that, after a long history punctuated by disappointments, we have at last reached this stage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The island's economic status is punctuated by lost opportunity. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have sunk into ancient ruts, running back to the 19th century, and punctuated by two world wars. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We cannot have a speech punctuated by various sedentary interventions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My whole parliamentary life has been, as it were, punctuated by her family. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My youth was punctuated by remarkably intense bouts of seasickness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Their democracy seems to work when punctuated at intervals by dictatorships. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All through, the patriotism of the party opposite has been punctuated by these hatreds. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have been punctuated by periods of war, by periods of entente and of alliance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We now have intermittent purple stretches of road punctuated by side turnings, usually blocked with a car in them, stopping the progress of the buses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The last sentence, which is the last place in which one should make a mistake, is, to put it mildly, wrongly punctuated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The past 20 years have been punctuated by the most horrendous outrages committed in cold blood. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Periods of full-time employment will be punctuated by unemployment, part-time work and self-employment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All the way through, our discussions have been punctuated by speculation about the attitude of the banks. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They revealed "a catalogue of demeaning treatment which built into a cumulative picture of normal levels of harassment, punctuated by a number of more frightening and aggressive acts". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I pay him my tribute for the patience, punctuated only occasionally by perhaps natural manifestations of impatience, with which he has sat through a large number of speeches. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The past three years have been punctuated by a series of crises of confidence of great gravity demanding enormous borrowings abroad which, eventually, we shall have to repay. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He certainly punctuated it with much useful practical information, and it was obvious from the manner of his approach to the subject that he is very interested in agriculture. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Throughout their dramatic ups and downs and usually, until comparatively recently, hard times —though punctuated by periods of immense prosperity—they have been dependent on their own exertions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He has dealt at considerable length—and indeed the discussion this afternoon has been punctuated with similar references—with the difficulties of the original nationality of man and wife. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We had a series of booms punctuated by stagnation, which were always led by an increase in consumer expenditure, and, of course, they could not last. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My own speech was punctuated by cheers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The principle is right that those who are going to do the detailed scrutiny are the best people to decide how that scrutiny should be punctuated. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The brick walls of the ticket hall are punctuated with panels of clerestory windows and the structure is capped with a flat concrete slab roof. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The theory proposes that most evolution is marked by long periods of evolutionary stability, which is punctuated by rare instances of branching evolution. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Periods of calm were often punctuated by violent ice movement. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Drug and arms trafficking are punctuated by periodic violence. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The mall is characterized by alfresco areas punctuated with water features and landscaping. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Every sentence was punctuated with cries of samy, samy from the labourers. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. His following season would be punctuated by injuries and suspensions for openly attacking referees. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The north and south facades are punctuated by arched windows. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The timber-frame bulkhead buildings, covered in stucco, are each two stories high, punctuated by two-story arches. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The lecture was punctuated by the teacher's calling on students to answer questions related to the material being presented. The south elevation, punctuated to admit light, would form a distinguished silhouette without compromising the end of terrace character. The book is punctuated throughout with lively and illuminating case examples, illustrating the processes of different forms of psychotherapy. In the north deglaciation has accompanied a slow, unsteady warming, in which the overall loss of ice has been punctuated by spells of recovery. The teeth are typically of crushing type with a finely punctuated occlusal face. The cello obbligato continued during an extended tuba solo, which led to the work's first tutti: a fanfarish affair again punctuated by timpani. The door marks a beginning and an end; it punctuates comings and goings. The masker had amply padded his derriere and bust, and when he performed he periodically punctuated his slow dance movements with exaggerated hip thrusts. By the standards of today's biomedical institution, his career publication record appears modest: 33 primary publications punctuated by a handful of review articles and chapters. Secondly, unauthorised recordings facilitate an ongoing relationship between the fan and the artist rather than one that is punctuated by record industry schedules. We must remember that the physical "action" that takes place on the outermost, waking level of reality in punctuated by intervals of sleep. Code-specific genres are no exception in this regard; hence the vernacular joke that punctuates the otherwise solemn oration. The work opened with rapidly-played repeated notes from the soloist, punctuated by xylophone. Moreover, even without experimental or clinical manipulation, chronic pain is punctuated by acute exacerbations and it is these that have been investigated experimentally. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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