punctuate

英 [ˈpʌŋktʃueɪt]

美 [ˈpʌŋktʃueɪt]

v.  不时打断; 给…加标点符号

过去分词：punctuated　现在分词：punctuating　过去式：punctuated　第三人称单数：punctuates　

高考

Collins.1 / BNC.11199 / COCA.9198

牛津词典

verb

• 不时打断
  to interrupt sth at intervals
  1. Her speech was punctuated by bursts of applause.
     她的讲演不时被阵阵掌声打断。
• 给…加标点符号
  to divide writing into sentences and phrases by using special marks, for example commas, question marks, etc.

柯林斯词典

• VERB 不时打断
  If an activity or situationis punctuated byparticular things, it is interrupted by them at intervals.
  1. The silence of the night was punctuated by the distant rumble of traffic.
     夜晚的宁静不时被远处车辆的隆隆声打断。

英英释义

verb

• insert punctuation marks into
  Synonym:mark
• interrupt periodically
  1. Her sharp questions punctuated the speaker's drone
• to stress, single out as important
  1. Dr. Jones emphasizes exercise in addition to a change in diet
  Synonym:stressemphasizeemphasiseaccentaccentuate

双语例句

• An English professor wrote the words, "Woman without her man is nothing," on the blackboard and directed the students to punctuate it correctly.
  一个英语教授在黑板上写下，女人没有她男人什么也不是，要学生们正确地加上标点符号。
• Many fjords punctuate its coastline, which is also where most towns are situated.
  许多曲曲折折峡湾形成了它的海岸线，大多数的城镇都位于那里。
• She did not finish, for by this time she was bending down and punching under the bed with the broom, and so she needed breath to punctuate the punches with.
  她话没有说完，因为这时她正弯腰用扫把往床下猛捣，每捣一下，她需要停下来换口气。
• How do you punctuate the following sentence?
  你会怎么给下面的句子加标点？
• Punctuate Skin Grafting in Treatment of Local Flap Necrosis After Breast Cancer Radical Mastectomy: 68 Cases of Clinical Experience
  点状植皮治疗乳腺癌术后局部皮瓣坏死68例的临床体会
• An English teacher wrote these words on the blackboard," Woman without her man is nothing. "The teacher then asked the students to punctuate the words correctly.
  英语老师在黑板上写了以下词汇：“女人没有她（她的）男人就什么都不是”，要求学生们给这些词汇点标点，组成一句话。
• The hail beat a loud tatoo on the windowpane. The staccato of the dancer's heels against the floor, and the sharp bursts of clapping punctuate the singer's haunting wail.
  冰雹落在窗户的玻璃上，连续地敲响出很大的声音。舞蹈者的脚后跟断续地敲击着地板，伴随着响亮的击掌声，更加深了演唱者萦绕的悲叹。
• THIS activity focuses on the students'ability to compose and punctuate sentences with dependent adjective, adverb and noun clauses.
  此活动重在考查学生对形容词从句、副词从句和名词从句的组织能力。
• Small acts of kindness punctuate the story of hunger, loss, war and death.
  细小的善举突出了这个充满饥饿、失去、战争和死亡的故事，信仰也受到了质疑。
• Be sure to punctuate your sentences with the correct marks in the right places.
  一定要在你文章句子中的正确地方标上正确的标点符号。