親筆簽名：sign有幾種意思範例

Asking for help isn't a sign of weakness, it's a sign of strength because it shows you have the courage to admit when you don't know something, and that then allows you to learn something new.

——Barack Obama

求助並非軟弱的表現，它恰恰說明你有勇氣承認自己的不足、並願意去學新的知識。

——巴拉克·奧巴馬

一、下面我們來看看sign有幾種含義

n.

1.跡象；預兆 [C] an event, an action, a fact, etc. that shows that sth exists, is happening or may happen in the future

Buds on the trees are a sign of spring.

樹上的萌芽是春天來臨的徵兆。

2.記號，符號 [C] a mark used to represent sth, especially in mathematics

He left a sign for us to see.

他爲我們留下了記號。

3.手勢 [C] a movement or sound that you make to tell sb sth

Make the victory sign everybody!

大家比勝利的手勢！

4.信號，暗號 [C] things that gives you information, instructions, a warning

That's a bad sign.

那是一個不良的信號。

v.

1.簽名，簽署 [I,T] to write your name on a document, letter, etc. to show that you have written it, that you agree with what it says, or that it is genuine

I want to check with my secretary before I sign the papers.

在簽署這些文件前，我要諮詢我的祕書。

2.示意；打手勢；用信號表示 [I,T] to make a request or tell sb to do sth by using a sign, especially a hand movement

The teacher signed to us to sign our names on the papers.

老師示意我們把自己的名字寫在試卷上。

二、你知道sign和哪些詞更搭嗎？

equal sign

n.[數]等號

sign away

簽字讓與,簽字出賣

sign language

n.手語

sign manual

n. 親筆簽名,手勢

sign off

v.停止廣播,停止活動

三、最後，來做個填詞遊戲吧

This is an unusual ____.

這是一種不尋常的跡象。