音标:[bɪ'spiːk] ;
vt.
预先要求,要求:
to bespeak the waiter's patience
要求等候者耐心
to bespeak a favour
请求帮个忙
预约;预定(房间等),(预)订(票、货等):
to bespeak a box at the opera
预定歌剧院包厢席
to bespeak a seat in a theatre
预定戏院的座位
to bespeak a ticket for tomorrow
预订一张明天的票
表现出,表示,显示,表明,证明:
His charity bespeaks a generous nature.
他的施舍行为表现出他的宽宏大量的性格。
That bespeaks a kindly heart.
那显示(某人)有一颗善良的心。
预示,预兆:
Today's events bespeak a bright future.
今天的事件预示着一个美好的未来。
问:
She raised her head to bespeak her son's wishes.
她抬头问她儿子的愿望。
[古语、诗歌用语]对…讲话,向…说,与…谈话:
He sent her to bespeak his girl friend.
他委托她跟他的女友谈话。
n.
(向图书馆的)借书预约
[英国英语](义演等的)预约(义演)
变形:
vt.
bespoke或-spake
. bespoken或-spoke
. bespeaking

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'Sneaks
absentation
Aedes pseudoscutellaris
Africoons
AICIC
antipodagric
barium meal examination
bubble column machine
bubble structure of the universe
Bucsani
CCCCP
Celastrus articulatus
central argle
cinema-goers
clutter suppressor
controlling process
cross haulage
diversion ditch (channel)
DL-Arabinose
duodenal fistula
El Alambrado
eurypterid
exacerbate(d)
Ficus diversifolia
floor budget unit
gonadotrophic cell
Gum Lake
hadronless
haggman
half-island
Have the guts
hermetica
hierarchization
hooky-crooky
hot server
job rejection
job-creation
larcenies
Lent term
li mao wu
linear antenna array
lithium aluminum hydride
longistylum
majority-rule decoding algorithm
mchutchison
megaohm
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Michipicoten B.
mini-notebooks
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not very
Palaeoheterodonta
perthiocarbonic acid
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Puccinia senecionis
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pv
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rectangular skylight
register cage
ring dyeing
rodely
s.c.c
saillike
saturated salt water mud
selectivity of reagent
sending apparatus
session object
silk fold
solar orbit
spandexes
stay-in
Steeton
take someone's measure
talent indentification
total magnetic flux
traders' credit
traffic data processing
transplantation
tremenda
trench-plow
trial base
tundra vole
tussive epilepsy
Upper Lehigh
Upper Musquodoboit
Villavieja
Wagrien
weight per unit power
wheel slip indicator
wiring capacity
word of honor
Yinbaing
zero discharge power