signpost

英 [ˈsaɪnpəʊst]

美 [ˈsaɪnpoʊst]

n.  路标
v.  设置路标; 介绍(论证、讲话等的)要点

复数：signposts　过去分词：signposted　过去式：signposted　现在分词：signposting　第三人称单数：signposts　

IELTSTEM8

BNC.14329 / COCA.21771

牛津词典

noun

• 路标
  a sign at the side of a road giving information about the direction and distance of places
  1. Follow the signposts to the superstore.
     跟着路标走就能到超市。
  2. 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。

verb

• 设置路标
  to mark a road, place, etc. with signposts
  1. The route is well signposted.
     这条路线路标设置完善。
• 介绍（论证、讲话等的）要点
  to show clearly the way that an argument, a speech, etc. will develop
  1. 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。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 路标;道路指示牌
  Asignpostis a sign where roads meet that tells you which direction to go in to reach a particular place or different places.
  1. The lights of the car lit up a signpost...
     车灯照亮了路标。
  2. Turn off at the signpost for Attlebridge.
     在路标处拐弯去往阿特尔桥。
• N-COUNT 线索;征兆
  Asignpostis something that helps you to know how a situation or a course of action will develop.
  1. The outcome of tomorrow's elections will be studied carefully as a signpost of voter intentions on the really big day this year...
     明天的选举结果会被作为今年大选的选民意愿风向标来仔细研究。
  2. These events were all signposts pointing toward change.
     这些事件都是将要进行变革的征兆。

英英释义

noun

• a post bearing a sign that gives directions or shows the way
  Synonym:guidepost

verb

• mark with a signpost, as of a path

双语例句

• Lf you don't care we'll go to the signpost.
  你要是无所谓我们就去路标那。
• He would argue with a signpost.
  他甚至会为了一个路标而争吵。
• It is a signpost in life, a trail marker.
  那是人生中的一个标记，人生路上的外国人雇用里程碑。
• This group created the Agile Manifesto ( Beck, et al., 2001), which has the signpost of the start of agile as a movement.
  与会者制定并发布了敏捷宣言（Becketal.，2001），这成为为敏捷运动开始的里程碑。
• Turn off at the signpost for Attlebridge.
  在路标处拐弯去往阿特尔桥。
• In my work with clients, I've come to see boredom as an important signpost.
  在给我的顾客咨询当中，我开始把无聊看作一块重要的指示牌。
• A clearer signpost to the reality of "social sales" financial transactions taking place within a social site is hard to imagine.
  这也是“社交销售”（在社交网站发生的金融交易）成为现实的最明显信号。
• The signpost indicates which street this is.
  路标标示出这条街的名字。
• Play the video tape of lesson 3 up to the third signpost ( Salvation in Covenant) as participants take notes on outlines. She noted down the main points of the speech.
  播放录像直到第三个路标（约中的救恩），让听课人记下要点。她把演说的要点记了下来。
• The lights of the car lit up a signpost
  车灯照亮了路标。