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signpost

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sign·post1 /ˈsaɪnpəʊst $ -poʊst/ noun [countableC]
1  TTR especially British EnglishBrE a sign at the side of a road showing directions and distances 路標 SYN American English sign
I’m sure that signpost is pointing the wrong way.
我敢肯定那塊路標指錯了方向。
Just follow the signposts to the city centre.
就按路標所指的方向去市中心。
2  something that helps you understand how something is organized, where to go, or what will follow – used especially in news reports 線索，迹象，征兆〔尤用於新聞報道〕
As yet, there are few signposts pointing to success.
到目前爲止，幾乎未見成功的迹象。
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signpost• Malcolm's car hit a signpost before crashing into a tree.• Each of these weeks has its own theme, rather like a signpost leading to the next part of the route.• But Finch smiles easily as she banks the plane and finds a steeple that has become her aerial signpost.• Clear signposts at the beginning of each section will help the audience follow your ideas.• The book highlights the lack of good signposts to help guide grieving individuals.• Then, the better we get to know some one, the more these symbolic signposts recede in importance.• Heading straight for the signpost, he caught himself, then took a cautious step on to the curb.• This raises doubts about some of the signposts the Fed used to rely on.• I saw the signpost pointing along the road like a warning finger.• He fished single maggot on the bomb opposite the Ouse-Ure signpost.
signposts pointing• Symptoms were regarded as mere signposts pointing at the real target.
signpost2 verb [transitiveT] British EnglishBrE
1  be well/clearly/badly signposted TTRto be clearly or unclearly shown by signposts 路標指示清楚/不清楚
The village isn’t very well signposted.
這個村子在路標上指示得不是很清楚。
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be well/clearly/badly signposted• Big Pit is about a male out of Blaenafon on the B4248, and is well signposted.• There are well signposted walks, some of them offering views of the snow-topped Alps.
2  CLEAR/EASY TO UNDERSTANDto show something clearly so that everyone will notice and understand it – used especially in news reports 清楚地表明〔尤用於新聞報道〕
They have signposted their conclusions in the report.
他們已在報告中清楚地表明了自己的結論。
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signpost• The three examination boards have been extremely thorough in their signposting of key skills.• No one pretends that ageing has no ill-effects: the argument is that birthdays do not signpost them.• Mr Dawson also criticised the lack of directions and signposting to help those who wanted to visit the new sites.
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BNC: 14329 COCA: 21771
BNC: 14329 COCA: 21771
BNC: 14329 COCA: 21771
signpost
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