Что (кто) такое Betoken - определение
Betoken
·vt To signify by some visible object; to show by signs or tokens.
II. Betoken ·vt To foreshow by present signs; to indicate something future by that which is seen or known; as, a dark cloud often betokens a storm.
betoken
v. a.
1.
Signify, denote, indicate, represent, typify, imply, prove, evince, show, argue, betray.
2.
Prefigure, foreshow, foreshadow, foretell, presage, portend, augur, presignify.
betoken
(betokens, betokening, betokened)
If something betokens something else, it is a sign of this thing. (FORMAL)
The president alone betokened the national identity.
= indicate, signal
VERB: V n
Примеры употребления для Betoken
1. Such universal regard can betoken studied blandness and an unwillingness to challenge the status quo.
2. Mawlers that surely betoken a toothless, hideous Macbethian hag!) More specifically, women‘s bodies are the focus for queasiness about applying science to fertility.
3. It is also clear that, on the party and union side, the multiple defeats of the platform at Labour‘s annual conference and the rejection of the leadership‘s candidate for general secretary betoken a new spirit of independence.
4. And the manner of yesterday‘s announcement is a reminder of how hard it will be to inspire confidence, made as it was by three masked men wearing black berets and paramilitary gear that does not betoken a commitment to peace and democracy.
5. I was assured that such honours had not been conferred on anyone for 50 years." Article continues With many artists, such words might betoken nothing more than the posturing delusions of an overinflated ego, but luckily for us, while in England, Haydn was in the habit of recording observations in a series of notebooks.