英:[bɪˈspi:k]
美:[bɪˈspik]
英:[bɪˈspi:k]
美:[bɪˈspik]
vt.
预定
订(货)
证明
预先请求
be·speak
b spik
第三人称单数:bespeaks
现在分词:bespeaking
过去式:bespoke
过去分词:bespoken或bespoke
verb
transitive verb
to hire, engage, or claim beforehand
to speak to especially with formality : address
request
bespeak a favor
indicate, signify
her performance bespeaks considerable practice
to show beforehand : foretell
中古英语 bispeken,源自古英语 besprecan “谈论,反对,抱怨”,由 be- 和 sprecan “说话”组成(见 speak(v.))。这是一个常见的日耳曼语复合词(同源词:古撒克逊语 bisprecan,荷兰语 bespreken,古高地德语 bisprehhan,德语 besprechen),最初的意思是“呼叫”。它在英语中演变出了广泛的意义,包括“大声说出”,“反对”,“请求”,“讨论”,“安排”和“订购商品”(1580年代)。
The connection of the senses is very loose; some of them appear to have arisen quite independently of each other from different applications of BE- pref. [OED]
这些意义之间的联系非常松散; 其中一些似乎完全独立于 BE- pref 的不同应用而产生。[OED]
相关词汇: Bespeaking; bespoke。
The first known use of bespeak was in 1533
bestialadjective
resembling a beast
having or showing qualities like those of a beast : brutal, inhuman
best1 of 4adjective
better than all others
my best friend
good or useful in the highest degree : most excellent
the best movie I ever saw
most entry 3, largest
it rained for the best part of a week
best2 of 4adverb
in the best way : to the greatest advantage
some things are best left unsaid
to the highest degree : most
best able to do the work
best3 of 4noun
the best state or part
the best is yet to come
one that is best
even the best lose once in a while
one's greatest effort
do your best
best performance or achievement
ran a new personal best
best clothes
put on your Sunday best
best4 of 4verb
to get the better of : outdo
bested us in every event
best1 of 4adjective
better than all others
my best friend
good or useful in the highest degree : most excellent
the best movie I ever saw
most entry 3, largest
it rained for the best part of a week
best2 of 4adverb
in the best way : to the greatest advantage
some things are best left unsaid
to the highest degree : most
best able to do the work
best3 of 4noun
the best state or part
the best is yet to come
one that is best
even the best lose once in a while
one's greatest effort
do your best
best performance or achievement
ran a new personal best
best clothes
put on your Sunday best
best4 of 4verb
to get the better of : outdo
bested us in every event
bespectacledadjective
wearing glasses
bespeakverb
to ask or arrange for in advance
to make plain : show
her performance bespeaks much practice
1 "Chocolate, coffee, tea, cream, eggs, ham, tongue, cold fowl, all these are good, and bespeak good knowledge in him who sets them forth: but the touchstone is fish."
2 Her pieces from this period bespeak an admiration for Matisse, Raoul Dufy and Florine Stettheimer, and have each been reproduced in editions of three.
3 For one thing, some of it is very funny, as in a tableau positioning two porcelain figurines of colonial-era gentry before a regal, glowering jet-black face looming above them, their graceful postures bespeaking total incomprehension.
4 Today's events bespeak a bright future.
今天的事件预示着一个美好的未来。
5 His balance of streetwise rocker and teenage heartthrob bespeaks a sensibility beyond his mere 20 years.
6 Believest thou? Then let thine activities bespeak that thou wouldst have, in spirit, in truth.
你信 吗 ?那么让你的行为在灵性中 、 在真理里,讲出你的所信.
7 The lush ornaments in some of the company rooms, each equipped in their day with a fireplace and a piano, bespeak leisure, not rigor.
8 The adventure did not end there, because in searching the Web for “Portugal and carrots,” I stumbled on a simpler and thoroughly satisfying carrot vehicle that bespeaks the Moorish influence in that country.
9 The lawyers claimed the “action by the prosecutor bespeaks the desperation that has engulfed their case” and indicated “more of a focus on obtaining a conviction at all costs than on seeking justice”.
10 From a distance, their silhouettes stand out: rough and tumble contours that bespeak the bumps and bruises accumulated on rides through life.
11 You need't bespeak contempt, Linton : anybody will have It'spontaneously at your service.
你用不着要求蔑视, 林敦: 你随时都可以叫任何人自然而然地瞧不起你.
12 The set bespeaks a certain literal mindedness, and indeed the stage picture often looks as if it could serve to illustrate the printed text.
13 That there is a serious demand for this sort of thing bespeaks a dark cloud of loneliness shadowing the lives of untold numbers of modern people.
14 Snarky comments made about other unlikely alliances, however, often bespeak a callousness or a lack of esprit.
15 Throughout the concert, the dynamic range needed to be wider, bespeaking insufficient performing experience as a group, even though each was clearly a highly capable player.
16 Now 50, she has a strata of slight self-consciousness that bespeaks the particular introspection of her work.
17 They bespeak if not a love of the world then at least a curiosity about it.
18 The relics left by the aztecs bespeak a high degree of civilization.
阿兹提克族人的遗迹证明其拥有高度文明。
19 The singer proudly appeared on stage in a head-to-toe cherry red outfit—an Alaïa coat over a Loewe jumpsuit, both pieces bespoke—which accentuated her pregnant belly.
20 The recurrent contraceptive imagery in Esther bespeaks the strength and control she exercises over affairs of state and Jewish national survival.
1 预约
subscribe reserve forward engaged pre-engage pre-book book reserved hold appointment engagement subscription reservation booking bespoke precontract forespeak preengage engage prebook
2 显示
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4 表示
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6 预定
certain foregone destined predestinate predestination destine predetermine preordain predestine book mark out for set due forward intended intend cut and dried reserved concerted predeterminate destination subscription reservation booking pre-election subscribe preestablish mean design budget reserve prearrange preconcert mounted take order mark bill slate
7 预示
ominous bodement type foreboding presage prefiguration adumbration soothsay signal predict prophesy omen bode foretell augur prognosticate presignify forespeak pretypify sign indicate trail shadow signify foreshadow typify harbinger portend prefigure betide betoken adumbrate forebode foretoken forerun foreshow boding prefigurative indication typology foretaste preecho threaten forecast token denote
8 表明
indicative indication demonstration manifestation say show speak indicate demonstrate argue witness manifest proclaim signify attest evince enunciate be demonstrative of says about come out hold out stake out exhibition testimony point tell have put open note suggest shape import exhibit disclose testify utter signalize symptomatic declarative display pronouncement denomiate record mark evidence voice approve declare designate bare confess unfold kithe give voice to
10 证明
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11 预订
reservation booking reserve pre-order pre-book book back-order order advance booking book on to book on reserved bespoke take engage subscribe for book into
12 暗示
suggestive suggestion hint implication indication cue overtone suggest indicate imply intimate drop a hint make noises get at adumbrative insinuating lead note office tip touch pointer allusion innuendo tip-off prompting insinuation intimation clew point mint allude insinuate break glance couch infer connote adumbrate