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 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。
• But his conversation is also punctuated by sudden bursts of laughter.
  但他的话又常常被自己突然间的开怀大笑所中断。
• Many other lesser-known figures have punctuated English literature as well.
  其他许多较不知名的作家也不时出现在英语文学中。
• The work turned out to be long hours of low-grade concentration punctuated by moments of panic.
  事实证明，这项工作是一次长时间的低强度定位，间或被恐慌时刻打断。
• 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。
• If a 26-year-old sends elaborately punctuated text messages, does this herald the end of an era?
  如果一名26岁的年轻人发送短信时，标点符号都费心推敲过，这是否预示着一个时代的终结？
• Was just one short punctuated joke after another.
  只是一个接一个无聊的笑话。
• 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。
• Reading text punctuated with links leads to weaker comprehension than reading plain text.
  而与阅读纯文本相比，阅读带插有各种链接的文章降低了我们的理解力。
• 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。