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punctuate

/puhngk-choo-eyt/US // ˈpʌŋk tʃuˌeɪt //UK // (ˈpʌŋktjʊˌeɪt) //

标点符号,标点,断章取义,断句

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
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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.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    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.