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单词 bespeak
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Definition of bespeak in English:

bespeak

verbbespoke, bespoken bɪˈspiːkbəˈspik
[with object]
  • 1Be evidence of; indicate.

    the attractive tree-lined road bespoke money
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In a related installation, an audio montage of individual accounts bespoke the personal and environmental impact of the disease.
    • Ideal and absurd, they bespeak a wonderfully eccentric imagination.
    • As one might guess, the double-nature of this film's title bespeaks the double-nature of its narrative, its theme, and its major characters.
    • This bespeaks a progressive, enlightened court, hardly stifling and revolt-inducing.
    • The way in which a gentleman wears his waist-coat bespeaks much about his character.
    • They all bespeak a past that didn't have the Valley's problems of today that I'll muse about over the next few weeks.
    • Her jaw was square and had a set to it, which bespoke of centuries of feudal authority.
    • And her patrician demeanour bespeaks her standing in the sport over which she has reigned supreme for a period spanning three Olympics.
    • The cotton-poly blend of the shirt with its circa 1970s design bespeaks a certain creative savvy.
    • For every community and every people, the seasons of our joy and sorrow bespeak our deepest values.
    • Not that it was as bad, but to even raise the comparison bespeaks a very telling insecurity.
    • Conversely, the poetic imagery, slower pace, and more irregular forms of t'ai chi bespeak a more leisurely, aristocratic development, in which time could be taken and manuscripts kept.
    • That the papers do not form a cohesive whole bespeaks the great cultural variation of Africa and the ways that visual cultures arise from and affect many different aspects of everyday life.
    • His accent, body language and style of dress, his no-nonsense, cut-to-the-chase conversation all bespoke a powerful national culture.
    • But this bespeaks a remarkably narrow reading.
    • Its quiet elegance suggests a gentle man of few words; its simplicity bespeaks someone who lived plainly and worked hard.
    • The precision of the passage bespeaks a close, first hand knowledge of accounting born of practical experience.
    • To suggest, on the contrary, that all scientists are uniformly motivated by anti-human sentiments bespeaks an extreme and unwarranted pessimism.
    • This evidence, along with the centralized organization of labor, bespeaks a dramatic, rapid shift in sociopolitical organization.
    • The antiquities of the state bespoke an even remoter past and presented another promising field of inquiry.
    Synonyms
    indicate, be an indication of, be evidence of, be a sign of, testify to, bear witness to, reflect, demonstrate, show, manifest, display, signify, denote, point to, evince, evidence
    reveal, betray
    imply, intimate
    informal spell (out)
    literary betoken
  • 2Order or reserve (something) in advance.

    the defendant's insurers took steps to bespeak his medical records
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Maybe you are researching your genealogy, which is a valid ground to bespeak a transcript of a birth certificate.
    • You will therefore wish me a good supper at Bill Hill, and I will remember to bespeak some roasted potatoes.
    • If the judgment of the trial on 22nd June was recorded, as it should have been, a transcript of it was never bespoken.
    • It is the duty of solicitors to bespeak the court file, if any, from the Registry to Court in time for such applications.
    • This day, poor Tom Pepys, the turner, was with me, and Kate Joyce, to bespeak places—one for himself, the other for her husband.
  • 3archaic Speak to.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • And when he had found her, he bespoke her in this wise: "Lady, my garden boy hath assuredly gone entirely mad".
    • He bespoke them now and then, I signaled that I understood, and we let it go at that.
    • He bespoke her several times, but she was silent and answered him not a word; so he went out from her and going in to the Queen, told her what had passed between himself and the Lady.
    • “You fool,” she bespoke him as he began to break away, “you’ll surely perish in such weather regardless of your Coordinator capabilities”.
    • Finally he realized she could only hear him if he bespoke her out of doors.

Origin

Old English bisprecan 'speak up, speak out' (see be-, speak), later 'discuss, decide on', hence 'order' (sense 2, late 16th century).

Rhymes

antique, batik, beak, bezique, bleak, boutique, cacique, caïque, cheek, chic, clique, creak, creek, critique, Dominique, eke, freak, geek, Greek, hide-and-seek, keek, Lalique, leak, leek, Martinique, meek, midweek, Mozambique, Mustique, mystique, oblique, opéra comique, ortanique, peak, Peake, peek, physique, pique, pratique, reek, seek, shriek, Sikh, sleek, sneak, speak, Speke, squeak, streak, teak, technique, tongue-in-cheek, tweak, unique, veronique, weak, week, wreak
 
 

Definition of bespeak in US English:

bespeak

verbbəˈspēkbəˈspik
[with object]
  • 1(of an appearance or action) suggest; be evidence of.

    the attractive tree-lined road bespoke money
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Her jaw was square and had a set to it, which bespoke of centuries of feudal authority.
    • But this bespeaks a remarkably narrow reading.
    • They all bespeak a past that didn't have the Valley's problems of today that I'll muse about over the next few weeks.
    • Not that it was as bad, but to even raise the comparison bespeaks a very telling insecurity.
    • And her patrician demeanour bespeaks her standing in the sport over which she has reigned supreme for a period spanning three Olympics.
    • This evidence, along with the centralized organization of labor, bespeaks a dramatic, rapid shift in sociopolitical organization.
    • For every community and every people, the seasons of our joy and sorrow bespeak our deepest values.
    • His accent, body language and style of dress, his no-nonsense, cut-to-the-chase conversation all bespoke a powerful national culture.
    • That the papers do not form a cohesive whole bespeaks the great cultural variation of Africa and the ways that visual cultures arise from and affect many different aspects of everyday life.
    • Conversely, the poetic imagery, slower pace, and more irregular forms of t'ai chi bespeak a more leisurely, aristocratic development, in which time could be taken and manuscripts kept.
    • This bespeaks a progressive, enlightened court, hardly stifling and revolt-inducing.
    • As one might guess, the double-nature of this film's title bespeaks the double-nature of its narrative, its theme, and its major characters.
    • The precision of the passage bespeaks a close, first hand knowledge of accounting born of practical experience.
    • In a related installation, an audio montage of individual accounts bespoke the personal and environmental impact of the disease.
    • The antiquities of the state bespoke an even remoter past and presented another promising field of inquiry.
    • Its quiet elegance suggests a gentle man of few words; its simplicity bespeaks someone who lived plainly and worked hard.
    • The cotton-poly blend of the shirt with its circa 1970s design bespeaks a certain creative savvy.
    • To suggest, on the contrary, that all scientists are uniformly motivated by anti-human sentiments bespeaks an extreme and unwarranted pessimism.
    • Ideal and absurd, they bespeak a wonderfully eccentric imagination.
    • The way in which a gentleman wears his waist-coat bespeaks much about his character.
    Synonyms
    indicate, be an indication of, be evidence of, be a sign of, testify to, bear witness to, reflect, demonstrate, show, manifest, display, signify, denote, point to, evince, evidence
  • 2Order or reserve (something) in advance.

    obtaining the affidavits that it has been necessary to bespeak
    Example sentencesExamples
    • If the judgment of the trial on 22nd June was recorded, as it should have been, a transcript of it was never bespoken.
    • You will therefore wish me a good supper at Bill Hill, and I will remember to bespeak some roasted potatoes.
    • This day, poor Tom Pepys, the turner, was with me, and Kate Joyce, to bespeak places—one for himself, the other for her husband.
    • Maybe you are researching your genealogy, which is a valid ground to bespeak a transcript of a birth certificate.
    • It is the duty of solicitors to bespeak the court file, if any, from the Registry to Court in time for such applications.
  • 3archaic Speak to.

    and in disgrace bespoke him thus
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He bespoke them now and then, I signaled that I understood, and we let it go at that.
    • Finally he realized she could only hear him if he bespoke her out of doors.
    • He bespoke her several times, but she was silent and answered him not a word; so he went out from her and going in to the Queen, told her what had passed between himself and the Lady.
    • “You fool,” she bespoke him as he began to break away, “you’ll surely perish in such weather regardless of your Coordinator capabilities”.
    • And when he had found her, he bespoke her in this wise: "Lady, my garden boy hath assuredly gone entirely mad".

Origin

Old English bisprecan ‘speak up, speak out’ (see be-, speak), later ‘discuss, decide on’, hence ‘order’ ( bespeak (sense 2), late 16th century).

 
 
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