punctuate

英 [ˈpʌŋktʃueɪt]

美 [ˈpʌŋktʃueɪt]

v.  不时打断; 给…加标点符号

过去分词：punctuated　现在分词：punctuating　过去式：punctuated　第三人称单数：punctuates　

高考

Collins.1 / BNC.11199 / COCA.9198

牛津词典

verb

• 不时打断
  to interrupt sth at intervals
  1. Her speech was punctuated by bursts of applause.
     她的讲演不时被阵阵掌声打断。
• 给…加标点符号
  to divide writing into sentences and phrases by using special marks, for example commas, question marks, etc.

柯林斯词典

• VERB 不时打断
  If an activity or situationis punctuated byparticular things, it is interrupted by them at intervals.
  1. The silence of the night was punctuated by the distant rumble of traffic.
     夜晚的宁静不时被远处车辆的隆隆声打断。

英英释义

verb

• insert punctuation marks into
  Synonym:mark
• interrupt periodically
  1. Her sharp questions punctuated the speaker's drone
• to stress, single out as important
  1. Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet
  Synonym:stressemphasizeemphasiseaccentaccentuate

双语例句

• The gray-haired entrepreneur liked to punctuate his sentences with a wide grin and brief pause, letting his words sink in.
  这位白发的企业家很喜欢露齿并短暂的停顿来中断自己的句子，以便别人把自己的话听进去。
• However, it is still not permissible to wave it around or use it to punctuate your conversation.
  但是，它仍然不允许它周围挥手或标点你用它来交谈。
• As the eastern edge of the loess plateau, the loess of this area is complex and diverse, with obviously varied thickness and punctuate or sheet distributions.
  构成黄土高原的东部边缘，该区黄土复杂多样，厚度变化较大，成点状或片状分布。
• How do you punctuate the following sentence?
  你会怎么给下面的句子加标点？
• The silence of the night was punctuated by the distant rumble of traffic.
  夜晚的宁静不时被远处车辆的隆隆声打断。
• Many fjords punctuate its coastline, which is also where most towns are situated.
  许多曲曲折折峡湾形成了它的海岸线，大多数的城镇都位于那里。
• It's all in the punctuation: An English professor wrote the words," Woman without her man is nothing "on the blackboard and directed his students to punctuate it correctly.
  这个故事全是在说标点符号：一个英语教授在黑板上写下一行字“女人要没有她男人什么都不是”来指导他的学生如何正确地点标点。
• The children have not yet learned to punctuate correctly.
  这些小学生尚未学会正确使用标点符号。
• From how they convey the news to colleagues, to the type of clothes they wear and how they punctuate their emails, the newly jobless must use careful footwork to navigate the job hunt.
  从他们如何将消息告知同事，穿什么类型的衣服，到写电子邮件时如何断句，新进失业人员必须借助仔细谨慎的策略来驾驭求职的过程。
• The work include brokering words punctuate 、 part of speech tagging and statistical analysis for corpus.
  语料库的工作包括断词断句处理、词性标注及统计分析等。