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单词 punctuate
释义
punctuate
verb[T]
uk
/ˈpʌŋk.tʃuː.eɪt/us
/ˈpʌŋk.tuː.eɪt/

punctuateverb[T](ADD PUNCTUATION)

toaddpunctuationmarks(=symbols)to writing so thatpeoplecanseewhen asentencestartsandfinishes,seethat something is aquestion, etc.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Punctuation
  • abbreviated
  • accent
  • at sign
  • block capitals
  • capitalization
  • caron
  • cedilla
  • comma
  • dash
  • diacritical
  • double prime
  • question mark
  • round brackets
  • semicolon
  • small cap
  • small capitals
  • solidus
  • square brackets
  • stroke
  • unbracketed
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punctuateverb[T](REPEAT)

formal
tohappenorcausesomething tohappenrepeatedlywhile somethingelseishappening; tointerruptsomethingrepeatedly:
不断打断
Thepresidentspokeatlengthin aspeechpunctuatedbyapplause.总统的长篇大论不时被掌声打断。
Hechattedfreely, punctuating hisremarksas often aspossiblewiththe interviewer's firstname.他自在地闲聊着，在谈论中不时对采访者直呼其名。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Interrupting & preventing from speaking
  • barge
  • belt up
  • blurtsomethingout
  • break
  • breaksomeonein
  • butt in
  • chime
  • cut the crap!idiom
  • horn in
  • interpolation
  • interrupt
  • interruption
  • mike check
  • nobble
  • not get a word in edgewaysidiom
  • obtrude
  • sock
  • speak
  • strike
  • waylay
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Repeating an action
(Definition ofpunctuatefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

punctuate| American Dictionary

punctuate
verb[T]
us
/ˈpʌŋk·tʃuˌeɪt/

punctuateverb[T](INTERRUPT)

toregularlyinterruptsomething that ishappening:
Hiscommentswere punctuated byshoutsfrom hecklers.

punctuateverb[T](MARK TEXT)

toplacespecialmarksin atextthat show thedivisionsbetweenitsdifferentparts:
I would punctuate thatsentencedifferently.
(Definition ofpunctuatefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpunctuate

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Why are long periods of political stability punctuated by sudden bursts of intense instability?
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Usually this is punctuated by orchestral chords, although sometimes the accompaniment is more extended.
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Her portrayal of individual lone stars, in the heavenly constellations, is punctuated by silences, most ominously.
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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.
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The walls on either side are solid and unforgiving except where punctuated by openings to the spaces beyond.
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They would then split lengthwise, releasing miracidia which swam rapidly in straight lines punctuated by rapid random changes in direction.
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However, he punctuates the final part of the sentence differently.
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The work as a whole seems to emulate the slow, cyclical movements which occur in nature, punctuated by sudden upheavals and disruptions.
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They are encased and punctuated by dense fibrous tissue.
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The blank western wall, punctuated at intervals by colour-coded doors, becomes a 'wall for art', animating the calm side of the street.
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Much indeed depends on how his words are punctuated and translated.
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Their elaboration, as articulated and punctuated streets and routes, continues to underpin the development of the project.
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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.
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The local population was mainly nomadic and semi-nomadic living over a wide area punctuated by an extremely sparse and weak network of settlements.
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Iconicity in this section also includes the modulating and punctuating functions of prosodic and paralinguistic features ; and indexicality in language (14-15).
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