解释
- vt. 不时打断；强调；加标点于
- vi. 加标点
※ 提供单词"punctuate"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。
中文词源
punctuate 打标点符号
来自拉丁语punctum,点，刺点，来自pungere,刺，击，词源同pungent,point.引申词义打标点符号。
英文词源
- punctuate (v.)
- 1630s, "to point out," from Medieval Latin punctuatus, past participle of punctuare, from Latin punctus (see point (n.)). Meaning in reference to text, "to have pauses or stops indicated," is from 1818, probably a back-formation from punctuation. Hence, "interrupted at intervals" (1833). Related: Punctuated; punctuating.
例句和用法
- 1. He did not bother to punctuate the telegraph message.
- 他没有费心在电文中加标点.
- 2. We have not yet learned to punctuate correctly.
- 我们尚未学会正确使用标点符号.
- 3. He made gestures to punctuate his speech.
- 他打手势来强调他的讲话.
- 4. The pupils have not yet learned to punctuate correctly.
- 小学生尚未学会正确使用标点符号.
- 5. The children have not yet learned to punctuate correctly.
- 这些小学生尚未学会正确使用标点符号.
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