| 单词 | betoken |
| 释义 | betoken verb[T] old useuk/bɪˈtəʊ.kən/us/bɪˈtoʊ.kən/tomeansomething or be asignof something Synonyms bodeformal foreshadowformal portendformal presageformal Typifying, illustrating and exemplifying
betoken verb[T] old useuk/bɪˈtəʊ.kən/us/bɪˈtoʊ.kən/to be asignof something 预示；表示 Examplesofbetokenbetoken Overall, this disc does the group proud: serious, complex music played with style, technical excellence and musical empathy that betokens real star quality. From theCambridge English Corpus The worst misdemeanours, however, were those which seem tobetokena more purposeful resistance to the preaching programme. From theCambridge English Corpus Such situations frequently involve continua of possible readings, and we have to decide which readings are acceptable and which constitute orbetokendisease. From theCambridge English Corpus The discontinuous composites at first glance would appear to be exactly the sort of movement that wouldbetokenthe workings of a syntactic rule. From theCambridge English Corpus Her revealing her teeth betokens her great concern in addition to her humble station. From theCambridge English Corpus Or does it merelybetokenthat field in an oblique or mediate way? From theCambridge English Corpus Since theybetokenobjects "outside of ourselves," we cannot guarantee that we will have the intuitions needed to verify some of our judgments. From theCambridge English Corpus They seemed tobetoken"primitive undifferentiation and excess" and yet they were also places of "surprising reserve and decorum" (35). From theCambridge English Corpus Mack's means maybetokendeep understanding of how the system works. From theCambridge English Corpus 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. From theCambridge English Corpus 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. From theCambridge English Corpus Bradley considers the reasons (a), (b), and (c) to be good reasons to assume the deal was significant (in his sense of betokening purpose). From theCambridge English Corpus 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 theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Does thatbetokenan 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 theOpen 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 theOpen 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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