beckoning

IPA/ˈbek.ən/
KK[bˈɛkənɪŋ]IPA/ˈbek.ən/

beckoning — verb

  • beckoningpresent simple I / you / we / they
  • beckonings3rd person singular
  • beckoninging-ing form
  • beckoningedpast simple

1. to wave a hand or tip the head as a sign for a person to come closer

1.動詞及物B2
釋義

to wave a hand or tip the head as a sign for a person to come closer

例句

Standing by the gate, Rachid kept beckoning the children toward the warm bus.

beckon + object + toward [place]

The teacher smiled and began beckoning the new student to a front-row seat.

同義詞
  • wave

    a hand signal; more casual and less directed than beckon

  • summon

    more formal; can be by voice or order, not only a gesture

  • motion

    to direct someone with a movement, often silently

反義詞
  • dismiss

    wave someone away rather than call them over

文法句型

beckon + object

beckon + object + to-infinitive

用法筆記

Transitive: beckon takes a person as its object, often with a following to-infinitive ('beckoned the waiter to come over'). The gesture, not speech, does the calling.

常見錯誤

❌Rachid beckoned to come the dog.
✅Rachid beckoned the dog to come.
💡put the person or animal first, then the to-infinitive.

2. if a place or activity beckons, it looks so attractive that people feel pulled t

2.動詞不及物B2
釋義

if a place or activity beckons, it looks so attractive that people feel pulled toward it

例句

The warm bakery on the corner was beckoning, and Ritu could not walk past it.

intransitive: [attraction] beckons

Bright lights from the night market kept beckoning, pulling tired shoppers back inside.

subject is an attraction, not a person

同義詞
  • attract

    general pull; the target need not be a place

  • entice

    attract by promising pleasure or reward

  • lure

    attract, sometimes with a hint of a trick or danger

反義詞
  • repel

    drive people away instead of drawing them in

文法句型

[place/activity] + beckon

用法筆記

Subject is usually an attractive place, activity, or future, never a person; this sense is intransitive and often in the continuous form.

3. if a future event or success beckons, it seems close and almost certain to arriv

3.動詞不及物C1
釋義

if a future event or success beckons, it seems close and almost certain to arrive

例句

With one match left, the league title was beckoning for Marco and his teammates.

[goal] beckons for [person]

After years of training, an Olympic medal is finally beckoning for the young swimmer.

同義詞
  • approach

    come near in time; neutral, no sense of reward

  • loom

    approach in a way that feels large or threatening

  • near

    draw close in time or space, plainer wording

文法句型

[event/achievement] + beckon

用法筆記

Distinguish from sense 2: here the subject is a coming event or achievement (a title, a job, retirement), and the focus is that it is near in time, not that it attracts.

beckoning — adjective