A signpost is a sign where roads meet that tells you which direction to go in to reach a particular place or different places.
例句
The lights of the car lit up a signpost...车灯照亮了路标。Turn off at the signpost for Attlebridge.在路标处拐弯去往阿特尔桥。
N-COUNT
线索;征兆
A signpost is something that helps you to know how a situation or a course of action will develop.
例句
The outcome of tomorrow's elections will be studied carefully as a signpost of voter intentions on the really big day this year...明天的选举结果会被作为今年大选的选民意愿风向标来仔细研究。These events were all signposts pointing toward change.这些事件都是将要进行变革的征兆。
英汉词典释义
n.
指示牌;标志杆
I have tried to provide some signposts.我曾经尽力提供一些标志物。
路标
We drove past a signpost I couldn’t read.我们驶过一块路标, 可是我读不懂。
英英词典释义
Noun
1. a post bearing a sign that gives directions or shows the way