punctuate
标点符号,标点,断章取义,断句
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Definitions
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punc·tu·at·ed, punc·tu·at·ing.
- : to mark or divide with punctuation marks in order to make the meaning clear.
- : to interrupt at intervals: Cheers punctuated the mayor's speech.
- : to give emphasis or force to; emphasize; underline.
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punc·tu·at·ed, punc·tu·at·ing.
- : to insert or use marks of punctuation.
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Examples
New Jersey’s largest city started to lose much of its population and economic base in the 1960s, punctuated by riots that broke out in 1967.
The Ravens punctuated a late touchdown with an “Easy money!”
The series, which begins streaming Friday, is punctuated with musical triumphs as the band tours the country and Mexico.
Compressions and expansions of space punctuate your emotions.
Gonzalez’s testimony on the bill was punctuated with phrases like “it’s been difficult,” “we still have a lot of work to do” when describing the effort to refine the original law.
At each point, the audience was eager to punctuate his rhetoric with cheers and applause.
These manic episodes, however, only punctuate a life that is most fundamentally pathetic.
It was an almost schizophrenic existence, and a few bizarre remnants of this doublethink still punctuate my life here.
He even went so far as to punctuate the scoop with an exclamation point!
To punctuate her observation Jessie Norwood lifted the iron latch and jerked open the door.
Be careful, then, to punctuate properly, that you may convey to the reader the exact sense of what is in your mind.
He banged the table with his riding-crop to punctuate the emphasis.
A little constraint—a natural blush to punctuate their talk—the meeting seemed conventional enough.
I must know the laws of rhythm and meter to be able to punctuate musical phrases and periods.