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单词 signpost
释义
signpost
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsaɪn.pəʊst/us
/ˈsaɪn.poʊst/

signpostnoun[C](ROAD SIGN)

B1
apoleat thesideof aroad,especiallyat apointwhere two or moreroadsmeet, that givesinformationaboutroutesanddistances:
路标
The signpost said "London 18miles".路标上写着“伦敦18英里”。
picture of signpost
Jutta Jenderny/EyeEm/GettyImages
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Roads: lights, signs & markings on roads
  • amber
  • anti-billboard
  • Belisha beacon
  • billboard
  • bollard
  • bus lane
  • crossing
  • lamppost
  • milestone
  • P, p
  • pedestrian crossing
  • pelican crossing
  • pylon
  • reflector
  • robot
  • stop sign
  • stoplight
  • street furniture
  • streetlight
  • thoroughfare
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signpostnoun[C](SHOW FUTURE)

something thatshowswhat is going tohappen, or what shouldhappen, in thefuture:
征兆，预兆
Thisupturnin the country'seconomyis asplendidsignposttothefuture.该国经济的好转预示着光明的前景。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Showing and demonstrating
  • act out
  • attest
  • bespeak
  • betray
  • breastbeating
  • bring
  • define
  • demonstrative
  • flaunt
  • glimmer
  • indicate
  • masterclass
  • point (something/someone) out
  • point the wayidiom
  • point to/towardssomething
  • probatory
  • produce
  • speak
  • wear
  • whiff
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signpost
verb
uk
/ˈsaɪn.pəʊst/us
/ˈsaɪn.poʊst/

signpostverb(ROAD SIGN)

[Tusually passive]
to show thedirectionof something on a signpost:
以路标指明方向
Theroadwasn't very well signposted(=providedwith signposts).这条路上的路标设置不够完善。
Wefoundwhere we were going veryeasily, because it was signposted(= thedirectionwasshownby signposts)all the way.我们很容易地找到了自己要去的地方，因为一路上都有路标。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Roads: lights, signs & markings on roads
  • amber
  • anti-billboard
  • Belisha beacon
  • billboard
  • bollard
  • bus lane
  • crossing
  • lamppost
  • milestone
  • P, p
  • pedestrian crossing
  • pelican crossing
  • pylon
  • reflector
  • robot
  • stop sign
  • stoplight
  • street furniture
  • streetlight
  • thoroughfare
See more results »

signpostverb(SHOW FUTURE)

[T]
to showclearlyhow something is going todevelop:
预示
The earlychaptersof thebooksignpost what is going tohappenfurtheron.这本书的头几章预示了稍后将要发生的事情。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Predicting things and intuition
  • augur
  • augury
  • bellwether
  • betcha
  • bode
  • far-sighted
  • inkling
  • instinct
  • intuit
  • intuition
  • intuitive
  • presage
  • prescience
  • prescient
  • prophecy
  • prophesy
  • psychic
  • second-guess
  • the writing is on the wallidiom
  • visionary
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(Definition ofsignpostfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

signpost| American Dictionary

signpost
noun[C]
us
/ˈsɑɪnˌpoʊst/
apolewith asignon it,esp.showingthe way to aplaceor thenameof aroad:
Thecamproadshad signposts thatreadSparksStreet, PortageAvenue, YongeStreet, and the like.
fig.A signpost is also aclearsignalthat something willhappen:
a signpost ofprogress
(Definition ofsignpostfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsignpost

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Tables and diagrams abound, complete with interpretation guidelines, and all chapters are signposted with previews, summaries and recaps.
From theCambridge English Corpus
There are too many ' signposts' in the text, which is sometimes a little slow, laboured and repetitive as a result.
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Chapter 1 introduces the book effectively, barring the disconcerting absence of chronological signposts for the relationships marshaled.
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Education is a matter of increasing knowledge and reflection, statistical cueing a matter of providing signposts that even the ignorant and irreflective can use.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In other words, acts and ideas should be seen as interchangeable signposts for inter preting historical ideologies.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The editor's highlighting of rural-urban linkages in the final chapter is apposite, but a radical new role for settlement geography is only dimly signposted in this book.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Most of these markers occur in the gaps between the coding parts of genes and can be thought of as signposts marking out particular chromosomal intervals.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Thus even where the mode of knowledge is signposted as one acquired by proof, the transition does not seem to be argued for, but is rather assumed.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Once we know where they are and what is their nature, the giant planets around other stars become signposts to systems that are and are not habitable.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The indexical use of language constructions provides communicative partners with signposts for how each partner grounds the interaction and thereby allows for the dynamic unfolding of meaning.
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In such criticism the apparently trivial and the unsightly can also be demysti®ed to reveal a truth that signposts alternative ways of organizing a humane society.
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A gamelan-style section - harps, xylophones and marimba - played a key role, and a recurring theme, first heard on oboes and clarinets, supplied signposts amid the score's raucous activity.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Chemokine receptors: signposts to brain development and disease.
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They provide crucial signposts to the sort of person characteristics that seem to play a role and which might constitute the route by which genetic effects operate.
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Principal roads are the responsibility of local highway authorities, and it is for them to ensure that new routes are signposted to the best effect.
From the
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