punctuate 的 2 个定义
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.
punc·tu·at·ed, punc·tu·at·ing.
- to insert or use marks of punctuation.
punctuate 近义词
lay stress on
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- 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.