bespeak
bespeak 英 [bɪˈspi:k] 美 [bɪˈspik]
vt. 表示；预约；证明；预示；显示
进行时:bespeaking 过去式:bespoke 过去分词:bespoken 第三人称单数:bespeaks 名词复数:bespeaks
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- vt. 表示；预约；证明；预示；显示
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1. Today's events bespeak a bright future.
今天的事件预示着一个美好的未来。
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2. This might bespeak a larger appetite on the part of Oliver Hardy and if so there might be an etymological explanation for Ollie’s quote.
这可以表明奥利佛·哈代的胃口更大，果真如此的话，也许奥利的引用会有一个语源学的解释。
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3. You needn't bespeak contempt, Linton: anybody will have it spontaneously at your service.
你用不着要求蔑视，林惇：你随时都可以叫任何人自然而然地瞧不起你。
- bespeak (v.) Old English besprecan "speak about, speak against, complain," from be- + sprecan "to speak" (see speak (v.)). A common Germanic compound (cognates: Old Saxon bisprecan, Dutch bespreken, Old High German bisprehhan, German besprechen); originally "to call out," it evolved a wide range of meaning in English, including "speak up," "oppose," "request," "discuss, "arrange," and "to order (goods)" (1580s).
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