Bespeak

(verb.) be a signal for or a symptom of; 'These symptoms indicate a serious illness'; 'Her behavior points to a severe neurosis'; 'The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued'.

整理:瓦莱丽

• It's a pity you don't have a bespeak, being so particular. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• The letters, too, bespeak the character of the man. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Does it not, I ask, bespeak the indiscretion, or, worse than that, the blackness of heart--that I should say so! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• I am come here to bespeak Fanny a seal. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• We bespeak your indulgence, you understand, as young performers; we bespeak your indulgence. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• He has his favourite box, he bespeaks all the papers, he is down upon bald patriarchs, who keep them more than ten minutes afterwards. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Throughout an enormously large proportion of the ocean, the bright blue tint of the water bespeaks its purity. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• His very speed bespoke the importance of his information. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• I say that I think he's bespoke. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Like a bolt of lightning it raced toward Helium until its very speed bespoke the unusual. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• She has bespoken a boy then? 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.

校对:奥斯瓦德