| 释义 | 
		bespeakbe‧speak /bɪˈspiːk/ verb (past tense bespoke /-ˈspəʊk $ -ˈspoʊk/, past participle bespoken /-ˈspəʊkən $ -ˈspoʊ-/) [transitive] literary    VERB TABLEbespeak |
 | Present | I, you, we, they | bespeak |   | he, she, it | bespeaks |  | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | bespoke |  | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have bespoken |   | he, she, it | has bespoken |  | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had bespoken |  | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will bespeak |  | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have bespoken |  
    - His speech bespoke the country's mood of hope and confidence.
 
 - Empson's criticism bespeaks a man of some social rank, and in manner it is appropriately insouciant and grand.
 - It recognizes that a voice developed amid inequality does not bespeak inferiority.
 - It requires the individual to communicate by word and sign his acceptance of the political ideas it thus bespeaks.
 - Needlessly to hamper working animals bespeaks more eloquently of bad husbandry.
 - Those data bespeak a movement without a compelling product to sell.
 - Two other reports Tuesday bespoke consumer mettle and retail strength.
 
    to be a sign of something  |