| 词汇 | betoken |
| 释义 | betoken verb[ T ] old useuk /bɪˈtəʊ.kən/ us /bɪˈtoʊ.kən/ to mean something or be a sign of something预示；表示 Synonyms bodeformal foreshadowformal portendformal presageformal Typifying, illustrating and exemplifying analogy archetypal archetypically be someone all overidiom by way ofidiom instantiate mirror Mr Mrs on-brand sum sum (something/someone) up summation symbolic symbolization symbolize symptom territory token translate All about her betokened an educated mind and knowledge of the world. He was fast gaining his strength, and the increased fulness and color of his countenance betokened returning health. His whole expression betokened a feverish interest. She spoke in a way that betokened more resolution than he was wont to see her display. The traveller had no baggage, and his dress betokened the pressure of many wants. Examples of betokenbetoken Overall, this disc does the group proud: serious, complex music played with style, technical excellence and musical empathy that betokens real star quality. The worst misdemeanours, however, were those which seem to betoken a more purposeful resistance to the preaching programme. Such situations frequently involve continua of possible readings, and we have to decide which readings are acceptable and which constitute or betoken disease. The discontinuous composites at first glance would appear to be exactly the sort of movement that would betoken the workings of a syntactic rule. Her revealing her teeth betokens her great concern in addition to her humble station. Or does it merely betoken that field in an oblique or mediate way? Since they betoken objects "outside of ourselves," we cannot guarantee that we will have the intuitions needed to verify some of our judgments. They seemed to betoken "primitive undifferentiation and excess" and yet they were also places of "surprising reserve and decorum" (35). Mack's means may betoken deep understanding of how the system works. Indeed, the invocation of printed musical sources by theorists betokened an irreversible change in the interplay of music theory, practice, printed repertories, and communities of readers. Although it is impossible to know for cer tain what constituted the contemporary understandings of these terms, it is unlikely that they were understood as betokening social contract. Bradley considers the reasons (a), (b), and (c) to be good reasons to assume the deal was significant (in his sense of betokening purpose). All this betokens a lack of sense of urgency in dealing with these problems. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Does that betoken an omission or was it the result of an intentional decision to provide for privatisation in the near future? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It also betokens a clear determination to reduce inflation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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