punctuate 的原意是加標(biāo)點(diǎn),引申出來就是打斷,間斷的意思。
The two-day APEC summit was punctuated by bitter arguments and underlined a rising rivalry between China and the West for influence in the usually neglected South Pacific. 為期兩天的亞太經(jīng)合組織峰會(huì)不時(shí)被激烈的爭論打斷,凸顯出中國與西方之間為爭奪通常被忽視的南太平洋的影響力進(jìn)行的競爭日趨激烈。
Fireworks punctuated the nation-wide Independence Day celebration. 在全國獨(dú)立日的慶祝活動(dòng)中不時(shí)出現(xiàn)煙花。