英:[ˈsaɪnpəʊst]
美:[ˈsaɪnpoʊst]
英:[ˈsaɪnpəʊst]
美:[ˈsaɪnpoʊst]
sign·post
saIn post
复数:signposts
第三人称单数:signposts
现在分词:signposting
过去式:signposted
过去分词:signposted
noun
a post (as at the fork of a road) with signs on it to direct travelers
guide, beacon
sign, indication
verb
transitive verb
to provide with or as if with signposts or guides
此外, sign-post 在 1610 年代的时候指的是“贴在柱子上的标志,通常用来指示旅馆或商店; 带有悬挂或摆动标志的支架”。该词源于 sign(名词)与 post(名词1)的结合。此外,这个词还可以指“指路标志,路标”,最早的出现记录可以追溯到 1863 年。其比喻意义则在 1889 年被证实。
路标
The first known use of signpost was in 1597
signpostnoun
a post with signs on it to direct travelers
something that points the way
1 And in making those points, the show uses more signpost symbols than the collected works of John Milton.
2 Even setting aside the narrative signposts, the battle emblemized one of the central clashes at the heart of “Game of Thrones,” and one that has been drummed repeatedly this season in particular: honor versus might.
3 It’s a long way to the coveted $7 million mark, a signpost hit only by pure manifestation of cuteness Babies and the diametric opposite of that, two of Dinesh D’Souza’s films.
4 But there are no signposts that define the optimal calories to choose or stop signs that indicate when we have consumed enough.
5 That’s two years of signposting an event that was still a massive shock when it happened – it’s hard to think of another show getting away with that.
6 What I haven’t recognized till now is that the answers are signposted.
7 As the tension escalates, these notes become more heartbreaking, signposts that signal growing tension.
8 It also maps less obvious signposts on the long road from a sedentary standard for the fairer sex — they didn’t call boned bodices “stays” for nothing — to today’s sometimes punishing ideal of regular vigorous activity.
9 From the east, the elevation presents a slim, unadorned, milk-white concrete block, nine stories high, punctured by loggias — a signpost, like the traditional village bell tower, rising above a low, scruffy neighborhood.
10 Signposts are a guide to drivers.
路标是司机的向导.
11 They reached a crossroads marked by a signpost.
他们到了一个设有路标的十字路口.
12 When Turner returns to his home in London, we are thrust into a world from which all helpful signposts have been intentionally removed.
13 The outcome of tomorrow's elections will be studied carefully as a signpost of voter intentions on the really big day this year.
明天的选举结果会被作为今年大选的选民意愿风向标来仔细研究。
14 Fortunately everybody reached the music's crucial signposts at about the same time, and the results were breathtaking.
15 This signpost tells the way to the zoo.
这个路标说明去动物园的道路.
16 Their footnotes signpost all the major events of the great war and provide the reader with some delicious quotes.
17 It’s a novel of the search—“the pilgrim’s search outside himself, rather than the guru’s search within,” Percy liked to say—but without the usual signposting.
18 They outlast many of the seasons, signposts and features of our lives.
19 Restaurants are signposted where you can eat by the lakeside and swim from floating jetties.
20 It is a first draft, a glimpse at a work in progress, a signpost along the road from there to here.
1 指引
2 表示
expression representation profession token signification point offer mean sound represent mark extend signal express designate signify denote
3 表明
indicative symptomatic manifestation signification say point mean tell indicate signal illustrate signify attest underline evince point to speak of make a statement
5 指导
directive steer tip coach direction conduct guidance tuition enlightenment tutelage of guide direct educate supervise helm enlighten show form lead SHAPE govern hold hand show the way
6 指示牌