signposts

英 [ˈsaɪnpəʊsts]

美 [ˈsaɪnpoʊsts]

n.  路标
signpost的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 路标;道路指示牌
  Asignpostis a sign where roads meet that tells you which direction to go in to reach a particular place or different places.
  1. The lights of the car lit up a signpost...
     车灯照亮了路标。
  2. Turn off at the signpost for Attlebridge.
     在路标处拐弯去往阿特尔桥。
• N-COUNT 线索;征兆
  Asignpostis something that helps you to know how a situation or a course of action will develop.
  1. The outcome of tomorrow's elections will be studied carefully as a signpost of voter intentions on the really big day this year...
     明天的选举结果会被作为今年大选的选民意愿风向标来仔细研究。
  2. These events were all signposts pointing toward change.
     这些事件都是将要进行变革的征兆。

双语例句

• Signposts are a guide to drivers.
  路标是司机的向导。
• Breakaway highway signposts. The sign shows the road to London.
  一碰就破的公路路标。这路标指明去伦敦的路。
• Failure simply signposts what not to do so you can continue until you get it right.
  失败只是路标什么不这样做，你可以继续下去，直到你做正确的。
• So we need a description at the beginning and a few signposts inside explaining the road taken.
  总之，我们需要在开始时给出一个描述，然后再在整个代码内部的几个位置加以注释。
• We should consider them to be good advice, and treat them as signposts showing the way to happiness within.
  我们应该把它们当作金玉良言，并看作是通往内心幸福之路的路标。
• I have tried to provide some signposts which will set you on your way.
  我曾经尽力提供一些标志物，让你们可以一直往前走。
• The West could start with five basic signposts for the long road ahead.
  西方一开始可以为这条漫长之路设置五个基本的“路标”。
• By contrast, the process of personal growth is much more difficult to determine, since by definition it is a journey and not the specific signposts or landmarks along the way.
  而相比之下，对于个人成长过程的衡量就难得多，因为成长过程的定义就是一次旅程，而不是旅行过程中的某个路标或界标。
• The conditions of peace, beauty, love, and security are merely signposts to wholeness, as are their counterparts.
  平静、美、爱、与安全的情况，仅只是到达整体性的路标，而它们的对应物也是。
• What were some of the signposts of an accident waiting to happen at Berkshire?
  伯克希尔可能会在哪些方面出问题呢？