punctuated

英 [ˈpʌŋktʃueɪtɪd]

美 [ˈpʌŋktʃueɪtɪd]

v.  不时打断; 给…加标点符号
punctuate的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：punctuated　过去式：punctuated　

柯林斯词典

• VERB 不时打断
  If an activity or situationis punctuated byparticular things, it is interrupted by them at intervals.
  1. The silence of the night was punctuated by the distant rumble of traffic.
     夜晚的宁静不时被远处车辆的隆隆声打断。

双语例句

• He punctuated his remarks with thumps on the table.
  他讲话时不停地捶着桌子。
• The old lady's words were punctuated by noise from outside.
  老太太的话不时被外面的喧闹声打断。
• The fortress-like entrance wall is punctuated by a large opening which allows a glimpse of the entry courtyard.
  堡垒似的入口墙上，一个大大的开口可以使人从外面瞥见入口处的庭院。
• He was the co-developer with Stephen Jay Gould of the theory of punctuated equilibrium.
  这是尼尔斯·艾崔奇，他和史蒂芬·古尔德一起提出了间断平衡理论。
• The silence of the night was punctuated by the distant rumble of traffic.
  夜晚的宁静不时被远处车辆的隆隆声打断。
• His lecture was punctuated by burst of applause.
  他的演讲不断被一阵阵掌声所打断。
• Was just one short punctuated joke after another.
  只是一个接一个无聊的笑话。
• On the radio, a trumpet blast punctuated by Morse code announced a news bulletin.
  收音机里，一个具有摩尔斯电码的小号宣布新闻报告。
• Her sharp questions punctuated the speaker's drone.
  她的敏锐的问题不时地打断演讲者的话。
• That economics is not a natural science is clear from the inconclusive engagements that have punctuated its own history.
  经济学不是一门自然科学，一个明显的例证是，经济学史上不时发生毫无结果的论战。