Picture a post standing at a fork in the road with arms pointing each way: this way to the town, that way to the coast, and how many miles. A signpost is the thing that tells you, before you commit, which way leads where.
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原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
signpostnoun/ˈsaɪnˌpoʊst/
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A post bearing a sign that gives information on directions.
- Dozens of signposts have been stolen, forcing the local authorities to put up the sign at a 2m height and embed it in theft-resistant concrete when putting up replacements.
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A word or phrase within a clue that serves as an indicator, rather than being fodder.
- In the first example — Dance revolutionised Burma — you know the middle word is the signpost as revolutionised is too long to be the fodder (or letters to scramble). […] And bang, out jumps RUMBA.
signpostverb/ˈsaɪnˌpoʊst/
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To install signposts on.
- The route wasn't signposted, and we got lost on the way.
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To direct (somebody) to services, resources, etc.
- We believe that some Carers' Centres already offer an effective 'first stop shop' for signposting carers to local organisations, services and benefits, and for providing ongoing support as carers' circumstances change.
- 3
To signal (something) intentionally, as if with a signpost.
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To signal (something) intentionally, as if with a signpost.
- Bede, never one to shrink from a challenge, focused his energies not only onto calculating Easter but also onto describing why the maths mattered as much as the result. In this, his elevated rhetoric is balanced by a very human enthusiasm — it's hard not to love a writer who signposts his core hypotheses with phrases such as 'now to gut the bowels of this question!'
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