beckoning
beckoning — 動詞
- 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
招手；示意
揮手或點頭叫人靠近
to wave a hand or tip the head as a sign for a person to come closer
Standing by the gate, Rachid kept beckoning the children toward the warm bus.
Rachid 站在門口，不停地招手要孩子們上那台溫暖的巴士。
beckon + object + toward [place]
The teacher smiled and began beckoning the new student to a front-row seat.
老師微笑著，開始示意那名新生坐到前排的位子。
From the balcony, Naoko was beckoning her guests up the marble stairs.
Naoko 站在陽台上，招手要客人們走上大理石樓梯。
A guard at the museum door kept beckoning visitors through the metal detector.
博物館門口的警衛不停地示意參觀者通過金屬探測器。
- 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
2. if a place or activity beckons, it looks so attractive that people feel pulled t
吸引；誘人
事物吸引人前往或嚮往
if a place or activity beckons, it looks so attractive that people feel pulled toward it
The warm bakery on the corner was beckoning, and Ritu could not walk past it.
轉角那家溫暖的麵包店十分誘人，Ritu 沒辦法就這樣走過去。
intransitive: [attraction] beckons
Bright lights from the night market kept beckoning, pulling tired shoppers back inside.
夜市明亮的燈光不斷吸引著人，把疲累的顧客又拉了回去。
subject is an attraction, not a person
For young actors, the bright stage of the city theatre is always beckoning.
對年輕演員來說，城市劇院明亮的舞台總是充滿吸引力。
The cool blue sea was beckoning, and Felipe ran straight across the hot sand.
湛藍的海水十分誘人，Felipe 直接衝過滾燙的沙灘。
- 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
在望；將至
事件或成就即將到來
if a future event or success beckons, it seems close and almost certain to arrive
With one match left, the league title was beckoning for Marco and his teammates.
只剩一場比賽，聯賽冠軍對 Marco 和他的隊友來說已近在眼前。
[goal] beckons for [person]
After years of training, an Olympic medal is finally beckoning for the young swimmer.
經過多年訓練，奧運獎牌對這位年輕泳將來說終於在望。
Graduation was beckoning, and Layla started searching for jobs in three different cities.
畢業在即，Layla 開始在三個不同的城市找工作。
A long, quiet retirement was beckoning, so the old farmer sold most of his land.
漫長而平靜的退休生活即將到來，於是那位老農夫賣掉了大部分土地。
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 — 形容詞
- beckoningpositive
- more beckoningcomparative
- most beckoningsuperlative
1. looking so warm and attractive that you want to move closer or take part
誘人的
看起來吸引人、令人想靠近
looking so warm and attractive that you want to move closer or take part
The beckoning glow of the campfire drew the cold hikers down the hill.
營火誘人的光芒，把寒冷的登山客吸引下山。
attributive: beckoning + noun
Élise could not resist the beckoning smell of fresh bread from the bakery.
Élise 無法抗拒麵包店裡新鮮麵包那誘人的香味。
Through the rain, the beckoning lights of the small inn promised a dry bed.
穿過雨幕，小旅店那誘人的燈光，讓人期待有張乾爽的床。
A beckoning blue pool sat in the garden, and Mathieu jumped straight in.
花園裡有一座誘人的藍色泳池，Mathieu 直接跳了進去。
- forbidding
looks unfriendly and warns you to stay away
文法句型
beckoning + noun
用法筆記
Used attributively before a noun (a beckoning light, a beckoning smell); rarely placed after 'be'. Carries a warm, welcoming tone.