英语释义

1. sign, indication

2. an act, event, or watchword that has been agreed on as the occasion of concerted action

3. something that incites to action

4. something (such as a sound, gesture, or object) that conveys notice or warning

5. an object used to transmit or convey information beyond the range of human voice

6. the sound or image conveyed in telegraphy, telephony, radio, radar, or television

7. a detectable physical quantity or impulse (such as a voltage, current, or magnetic field strength) by which messages or information can be transmitted

8. to notify by a signal
signal the fleet to turn back

9. to communicate or indicate by or as if by signals
signaled the end of an era

10. to constitute a characteristic feature of (a meaningful linguistic form)

11. to make or send a signal

12. distinguished from the ordinary notable
a signal achievement

13. an event or act which shows that something exists or that gives information about something

14. something (such as a sound, a movement of part of the body, or an object) that gives information about something or that tells someone to do something

15. a piece of equipment with colored lights that is used on railways and roads to tell people when to go, to slow down, or to stop

16. to be a sign of (something) to show the existence of (something)

17. to make a sound or motion that tells someone something

18. very important or great

19. a sign, event, or word that serves to start some action
… the manager gave the signal for the curtain to go down, and the audience … cheered.
— Richard and Florence Atwater, Mr. Popper's Penguins

20. a sound, a movement of part of the body, or an object that gives warning or a command
The police officer made a signal with his hand. a traffic signal

21. a radio wave that transmits a message or effect (as in radio or television)

22. to notify by a motion, action, movement, or sound

23. to communicate with motions, actions, movements, or sounds

24. unusually great
a signal honor

25. used for sending a message, warning, or command
a signal light

片语

message-signalled interrupt消息告知中断

track signalled in one direction单向信号线路

SIGNALLED COLOR讯号颜色

is signalled to被示意

implicit含蓄的；暗示的；盲从的

suggested建议；推荐；（使）联想到；暗示；唤起（suggest 的过去式及过去分词）

track signalled in both directions双向信号线路

Message-signalled消息信号

Signalled Error可报告差错

英汉例句

• Brown claimed the Ashton appointment signalled a tremendous achievement for Britain.

  布朗宣称阿什顿获得任命标志着英国的巨大成绩。

• A teenage child might balk at washing dishes at home to qualify for pocket money-but would willingly do the same thing in the cafe down the road, where a job and a wage signalled independence.

  一个十来岁的孩子可能不肯为了零花钱而在家里洗盘子，但愿意在街角的咖啡馆里洗盘子，在那里的一份工作和薪水象征着独立。

• At a forum on February 25th at the University of Chicago, officials from both the European and American central Banks signalled willingness to hold fire unless inflation expectations grow.

  2月25日在芝加哥大学举行的一个讨论会上，欧洲和美国央行的官员都暗示，除非通胀预期加大，否则都还按兵不动。

• Japan and China signalled the end of a row that began in September when a Chinese fishing boat hit two Japanese patrol vessels near a disputed group of islands.

  就在今年九月份两艘日本巡逻艇在备受争议的岛屿发现一艘中国渔船，标志着中国和日本频繁交流就此结束。

• Everywhere, bright red volcanic cones and rugged black lava signalled the violent forces that had wrought the island.

  每到一处，鲜红的火山锥和参差林立的黑色熔巖标志着小岛所经历的暴力涂炭。

• It cannot be to preserve GM jobs, because the us Treasury has signalled GM must slim to get the cash.

  它不可能是保护该公司的就业，因为美国财政部已表明，通用汽车必须瘦身，才能得到资金。

• China has signalled that more measures may follow over the next couple of months; it can certainly afford to spend more.

  中国发出信号在接下来的几个月内将会有更多的措施出台。更多的支出她绝对可以负担起。

• The acquisition was to be voted on at a shareholder meeting next Monday and investors had increasingly signalled to McGrath and Thiam they were prepared to block the deal at the ballot.

  此次并购本来要在下周一的股东大会上投票表决，而投资者不断地向麦格拉斯和西亚姆发出信号，他们準备在投票时阻止该交易。

• The Fed has signalled that it will now stand behind investment banks like Bear, and it has agreed to provide emergency lending to them for the first time since the Depression.

  有迹象表明，美联储已成为像贝尔史登这样的投资银行的后盾。美联储还承诺会给投资银行提供紧急贷款，这还是自大萧条以来的头一遭。

• But the fiscal retrenchment has been well signalled and households and firms should already be bracing themselves for both spending cuts and tax rises.

  但是信息表明财经紧缩政策一直备受拥护，家庭和企业将会身先士卒，支持削减开支和增加税收。

• This trace option requests that a process pause until signalled instead of crashing.

  该跟蹤选项要求进程暂停，直到收到信号，而不是崩溃。

• ON AUGUST 9th 2007, after an alarming leap in interbank interest rates, the European Central Bank signalled its readiness to provide the banking system with the liquidity it suddenly lacked.

  2007年8月9日，银行拆借利率出现预警性骤增后，欧洲中央银行暗示準备针对银行系统清偿能力不足的情况向其提供帮助；

• A couple of months ago Hillary Clinton signalled that she would be willing to have Mr Obama as her vice-president.

  几个月前希拉里·克林顿暗示，她愿意让奥巴马担任其副手。

• With other commodity prices also driving up headline inflation, the European Central Bank signalled that it was on the brink of raising interest rates.

  随着其他商品价格纷纷推高总体通货膨胀，欧洲央行暗示有意提高利率。

• The Doha negotiations, which have stuttered repeatedly since their launch in 2001, appeared to gain some momentum this year when both India and the US signalled more enthusiasm for the talks.

  多哈谈判自2001年启动以来便一直断断续续，而今年随着印度和美国对该项谈判展现出更多热情，谈判似乎获得一些前进动力。

• That is why they welcomed the rise in manufacturing activity signalled in this week「s latest purchasing managers」 indices.

  本周最新采购经理指数所反映的制造业活动上升受到他们的欢迎正是出于这个原因。

• And with growing public pressure, Merkel has also signalled that she would like her ministers to take greater steps to address the issue.

  随着舆论压力增长，默克尔也暗示了她想让她的部长们在问题的解决上迈出行之有效的一部。

• In a policy shift, meanwhile, the American administration signalled that it would like Mr Saleh to be eased out of office, despite fears that al-Qaeda might fill the vacuum if he departed.

  与此同时，美国政策发生了一个转变，美国政府发出了一个信号，希望萨利赫能够辞职，虽然此前也曾担心基地组织会填补萨利赫离去的权力真空。

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