beckoning 引诱人的
- She's beckoning me.
她打手势叫我过去。 - She beckoned me to follow her.
她招手要我跟过去。
Beckon \Beck"on\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Beckoned} (?); p. pr. &
vb. n. {Beckoning}.]
To make a significant sign to; hence, to summon, as by a
motion of the hand.
His distant friends, he beckons near. --Dryden.
It beckons you to go away with it. --Shak.
- In the store, Carla and Kate thought long and hard, trying to make a selection from among the many beckoning comestibles.
- That is the future beckoning to your generation.
- Painted during the Second World War, it was the closest Yeats ever came to a direct political statement. More typical of the late manner is 'Come' in which a farmer stretches out his arms beckoning a horse towards him.
- That market is now beckoning, indeed more so after sterling's devaluation.
- Besides, Colorado slopes are beckoning then.
- Atlanta's rapid transit system is beckoning to booming suburban Gwinnett County, but some voters there want to derail the expansion because of fears that blacks from the city will stream out on buses and trains.
- "The Arctic winds that pass through are becoming warmer, beckoning others to join in chipping away at the ice curtain," said Sen. Frank Murkowski, R-Alaska, hailing the promised agreement.