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signpost

noun
🔊/ˈsaɪnpəʊst/
🔊/ˈsaɪnpəʊst/
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  1. a sign at the side of a road giving information about the direction and distance of places路标
    • Follow the signposts to the superstore.跟着路标走就能到超市。🔊🔊
    • (figurative) The chapter headings are useful signposts to the content of the book.章节标题有助于了解书的内容。🔊🔊
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    • The signpost said ‘Oxford 5 miles’.路标上写着“牛津5英里”。
    • a signpost to the next village下一个村庄的路标
    Topics Transport by car or lorryb2

signpost

verb
🔊/ˈsaɪnpəʊst/
🔊/ˈsaɪnpəʊst/
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they signpost
🔊/ˈsaɪnpəʊst/
🔊/ˈsaɪnpəʊst/
he / she / it signposts
🔊/ˈsaɪnpəʊsts/
🔊/ˈsaɪnpəʊsts/
past simple signposted
🔊/ˈsaɪnpəʊstɪd/
🔊/ˈsaɪnpəʊstɪd/
past participle signposted
🔊/ˈsaɪnpəʊstɪd/
🔊/ˈsaɪnpəʊstɪd/
-ing form signposting
🔊/ˈsaɪnpəʊstɪŋ/
🔊/ˈsaɪnpəʊstɪŋ/
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  1. [usually passive] signpost something to mark a road, place, etc. with signposts设置路标
    • The route is well signposted.这条路线路标设置完善。🔊🔊
    • The lane is signposted ‘To the beach’.这条车道的路标是“到海滩”。
    Topics Transport by car or lorryb2
  2. signpost something to show clearly the way that an argument, a speech, etc. will develop介绍（论证、讲话等的）要点
    • You need to signpost for the reader the various points you are going to make.你需要向读者介绍你将阐述的各个论点。🔊🔊
    Topics Opinion and argumentc1