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Small signs may indicate great changes to come and therefore merit attention.
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It is a welcome sign of the coming of spring.
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Great leaders recognize the weak signals or slight signs that point to big changes to come.
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Dogs may have learned to detect threat signs from humans and respond by trying to make peace, according to researcher Sanni Somppi.
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They had negative views of effort, believing that having to work hard was a sign of low ability.
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If you have a sign in your yard declaring what setup you use, that'd point them in the right direction, though at that point, we're talking about a highly targeted, semi-sophisticated attack, and not the sort of forced-entry attack that makes up the majority of burglaries.
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In recent months, though, environmental studies indicate there have been signs of improvement.
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That is a sign of its immense potential.
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But as reliance on the Web grows, there are signs that the question is getting more serious attention: Last month, a study published in CNS Spectrums claimed to be the first large-scale look at excessive Internet use.
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Fetch the documents signed by Mr Gartner.
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Didn't you see the private sign over there?
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The woman was putting up a sign on the wall
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The editor is amazed at how quickly Smith gets his stories—only minutes after they happen—but soon he's presented with a contract to sign.
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The editor is frightened by this news, but he is more frightened by the idea of losing his newspaper, so he agrees to sign
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They were obliged to fulfill the signed contract.
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Well, the sign on my store says the hours are ten to six, but if business is slower than usual, I can just lock up and take off early.
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He was so glad to see them that he didn't even think to read the sign by the entrance
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In some countries, whistling by listeners is a sign of approval while in other courtiers it is a form of insult.
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A new sign in the window told the story.
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Go upstairs to sign some document
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"When they see that carrier back out on the street," Swigart said, "that's the first sign to them that life is starting to return to normal.
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Also, if we both sign up before Friday, we can get a discount on a six-month membership.
2018年6月四級(jí)真題(第一套)聽力 Section B
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Building a neon sign is an art practiced by?professionals trained on the job to mold glass tubes into decorative?shapes and letters.
2018年6月四級(jí)真題(第一套)閱讀 Section A
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If you have a sign in your yard declaring what setup you use, that'd point them in the right direction, though at that point, we're talking about a highly targeted, semi-sophisticated attack, and not the sort of forced-entry attack that makes up the major
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It takes many hours to craft a single sign.
2018年6月四級(jí)真題(第一套)閱讀 Section A
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So you just need to sign the form to say you've received it.
2019年6月四級(jí)真題(第二套)聽力 Section B
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The center's "Shop with Your Doc" program sends doctors to the grocery store to meet with any patients who sign up for the service, plus any other shoppers who happen to be around with questions.
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The sight of a mailman on the street is a reassuring sign of life becoming normal again.
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Yet there are recent signs that the gap could be starting to shrink.
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Schools or teachers who sign up for the National Math Club receive a kit full of activities and resources, but there's no special teacher training and no competition attached.
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More than a decade later, there was no sign of the ecosystem re-building itself.
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Teenagers at risk of depression, anxiety and suicide often wear their troubles like a neon ( ' , 霓虹燈 ) sign.
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Studying at university will only become less attractive if employers shift their focus away from where someone went to university--and there is no sign of that happening anytime soon.
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Carli says that one of the most significant things about his study is that it provides new early-warning signs for parents, teachers and mental health-care providers.
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Currently, there’s mounting criticism of Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move campaign, which fights childhood obesity by encouraging youngsters to become more physically active, and it signed on singer Beyonce and basketball player Shaquille O’Neal, both of whom also endorse sodas which are a major contributor to the obesity epidemic.
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The 2004 Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act, intended to encourage private space vehicles and services, prohibits the transportation secretary ( ' , and thereby the FAA) from regulating the de sign or operation of private spacecraft, unless they have resulted in a serious or fatal injury to crew or passengers.
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Despite clear signs of global warming it is not easy for most people to believe climate change will affect their own lives.
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It is a trend that shows no sign of slowing.
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But there is also time for brief diversions onto bizarre ground, such as a discussion of the skyscraper index (which holds that a boom in skyscraper construction is a foolproof sign of an imminent recession)
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Skyscrapers are a sure sign of a city's prosperity.
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is a sign of age discrimination
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Yet, there are signs of peril (危險(xiǎn))within American higher education.
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Nor is there any sign of the intergenerational warfare predicted in the 1990s.
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These "thought experiments" were pages of calculations signed and submitted to the prestigious journal Annalen der Physik by a virtual unknown.
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And that box there to confirm you have known driving convictions, thank you, and then sign there.
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That sign says they are against importing luxury goods from Europe.
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Being funny isn't necessarily an indicator of good social skills and well-being," his research has shown, "it may just exactly be a sign of personality flaws
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It is a sign of happiness and confidence.
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They want to know if the economic crisis would affect our ability to carry out the deal we signed last November.
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A package deal to be signed in November
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Her poems on various subjects,religious and moral were printed in Boston in 1773, three years before the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
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I can't believe so many people want to sign up for the Korea Development Conference.
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In some countries, whistling by listeners is a sign of approval while in other courtiers it is a form of insult.
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Since you're psychology major, you should sign up for it.
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The man is still trying to sign up for the course he is interested in
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And, by contrast, the loss of hope, is turning out to be a stronger sign that a person may commit suicide than other factors long thought to be more likely risks.
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He wants to sign a long-term contract.
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Although, over the years, Barbies had more than 180 different careers, including football coach, sign language teacher, ambassador, president and astronaut, her body shape hasn't changed much.
2017年12月六級(jí)真題(第一套)聽力 Section B
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Common research has long held that talking themselves through a task helps children learn, although doing so when you'v apparently matured is not a great sign of brilliance.
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From a political perspective, we need to understand the terms on which major countries like China and the USA might sign up to a global agreement because at the moment we don't have that consensus.
2016年12月六級(jí)真題(第二套)聽力 Section A
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Studying at university will only become less attractive if employers shift their focus away from where someone went to university—and there is no sign of that happening anytime soon.
2016年12月六級(jí)真題(第三套)閱讀 Section C
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Teenagers at risk of depression, anxiety and suicide often wear their troubles like a neon sign.
2016年12月六級(jí)真題(第二套)閱讀 Section C
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The first major sign of problems came in summer 2010, when the construction corporation pushed the opening from October 2011 to June 2012.
2019年12月六級(jí)真題(第二套)聽力 Section C
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This is a sign of the continued allure of creating scientific correlations across borders.
2019年6月六級(jí)真題(第二套)聽力 Section C
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符號(hào);記號(hào)
A sign is a mark or shape that always has a particular meaning, for example in mathematics or music.
例句
Equations are generally written with a two-bar equals sign.
等式通常用兩道橫的等號(hào)來表示。
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(示意的)動(dòng)作,姿勢(shì),手勢(shì)
A sign is a movement of your arms, hands, or head which is intended to have a particular meaning.
例句
They gave Lavalle the thumbs-up sign...
他們對(duì)拉瓦列豎起了大拇指。
The priest made the sign of the cross over him.
神父在他上方畫了個(gè)十字。
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VERB
打手勢(shì)語(yǔ);為(節(jié)目或表演)配手語(yǔ)
If you sign, you communicate with someone using sign language. If a programme or performance is signed, someone uses sign language so that deaf people can understand it.
例句
All programmes will be either 'signed' or subtitled...
所有節(jié)目要么要配手語(yǔ)要么要打字幕。
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招牌;標(biāo)牌;指示牌;告示牌;標(biāo)志
A sign is a piece of wood, metal, or plastic with words or pictures on it. Signs give you information about something, or give you a warning or an instruction.
例句
...a sign saying that the highway was closed because of snow.
聲明公路因大雪而關(guān)閉的告示牌
...a cardboard sign, which stated 'No to Poll Tax'...
寫有“反對(duì)人頭稅”的硬紙板抗議牌
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N-VAR
跡象;征兆;表象;痕跡
If there is a sign of something, there is something which shows that it exists or is happening.
例句
They are prepared to hand back a hundred prisoners of war a day as a sign of good will...
他們準(zhǔn)備每日遣返100名戰(zhàn)俘以示友好。
His face and movements rarely betrayed a sign of nerves...
他的表情和行為幾乎沒有流露出緊張的跡象。
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VERB
在…上簽名;在…上簽字;簽署
When you sign a document, you write your name on it, usually at the end or in a special space. You do this to indicate that you have written the document, that you agree with what is written, or that you were present as a witness.
例句
World leaders are expected to sign a treaty pledging to increase environmental protection...
世界各國(guó)首腦預(yù)計(jì)會(huì)簽署一份承諾加強(qiáng)環(huán)境保護(hù)的協(xié)定。
Before an operation the patient will be asked to sign a consent form.
手術(shù)前患者將被要求在同意書上簽字。
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(和…)簽約
If an organization signs someone or if someone signs for an organization, they sign a contract agreeing to work for that organization for a specified period of time.
例句
The Minnesota Vikings signed Herschel Walker from the Dallas Cowboys...
明尼蘇達(dá)維京人隊(duì)簽下了來自達(dá)拉斯牛仔隊(duì)的赫舍爾·沃克。
The band then signed to Slash Records.
隨后樂隊(duì)和傷痕唱片公司簽約。
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(黃道十二宮的)宮,星座
In astrology, a sign or a sign of the zodiac is one of the twelve areas into which the heavens are divided.
例句
The New Moon takes place in your opposite sign of Libra on the 15th.
15 日新月會(huì)移至你對(duì)面的天秤宮。
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PHRASE
不見…的蹤影
If you say that there is no sign of someone, you mean that they have not yet arrived, although you are expecting them to come.
例句
The London train was on time, but there was no sign of my Finnish friend.
倫敦的火車準(zhǔn)點(diǎn)到達(dá),卻不見我那芬蘭朋友的蹤影。
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已簽字蓋章的;已成定局的
If you say that an agreement is signed and sealed, or signed, sealed and delivered, you mean that it is absolutely definite because everyone involved has signed all the legal documents.
例句
The Chancellor had been hoping to have an agreement signed and sealed by the end of this week...
財(cái)政大臣一直期望這周末前能敲定一份協(xié)議。
A government spokesman said the bill must be signed, sealed and delivered by tomorrow.
一名政府發(fā)言人稱議案明天必須定下來。
Noun
1. a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened);
"he showed signs of strain""they welcomed the signs of spring"2. a public display of a (usually written) message;
"he posted signs in all the shop windows"3. any communication that encodes a message;
"signals from the boat suddenly stopped"4. structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted;
"the highway was lined with signboards"5. (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided
6. (medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease;
"there were no signs of asphixiation"7. having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges);
"he got the polarity of the battery reversed""charges of opposite sign"8. an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come;
"he hoped it was an augury""it was a sign from God"9. a gesture that is part of a sign language
10. a fundamental linguistic unit linking a signifier to that which is signified;
"The bond between the signifier and the signified is arbitrary"--de Saussure11. a character indicating a relation between quantities;
"don't forget the minus sign"Verb
1. mark with one's signature; write one's name (on);
"She signed the letter and sent it off""Please sign here"2. approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation;
"All parties ratified the peace treaty""Have you signed your contract yet?"3. be engaged by a written agreement;
"He signed to play the casino on Dec. 18""The soprano signed to sing the new opera"4. engage by written agreement;
"They signed two new pitchers for the next season"5. communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs;
"He signed his disapproval with a dismissive hand gesture""The diner signaled the waiters to bring the menu"6. place signs, as along a road;
"sign an intersection""This road has been signed"7. communicate in sign language;
"I don't know how to sign, so I could not communicate with my deaf cousin"8. make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate
Adjective
1. used of the language of the deaf