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VERB
预示;是…的征兆;表示;是…的标志
If one thing denotes another, it is a sign or indication of it.
例句
Red eyes denote strain and fatigue...
眼睛充血表明压力过大、身心疲惫。
There was a message waiting, denoting that someone had been here ahead of her.
有了一条留言,这表示有人已先于她到了这儿。
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VERB
(符号等)代表,是…的标记
What a symbol denotes is what it represents.
例句
In figure 24 'D' denotes quantity demanded and 'S' denotes quantity supplied.
在图 24 中,D 代表需求量而 S 代表供应量。
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VERB
意思是;指代
What a word or name denotes is what it means or refers to.
例句
In the Middle Ages the term 'drab' denoted a very simple type of woollen cloth which was used by peasants to make their clothes.
中世纪时,drab(“本色布”)一词指的是一种农民用来制衣的非常普通的羊毛织物。