This sudden abandonment of their homes betokened some secret purpose, yet to be fulfilled.

他们对家的突然离弃肯定预示着某些不为人知的目的，而他们的目的已经达了。

Adele's handiwork was simpler, cruder, but there it was, betokening the same passion, the same obsession.

阿黛尔的手工刺绣画更简单，也更粗糙，但它就在里，象征着同样的激情，同样的痴迷。

A light boyish step, and a gay tune in a high key, betokened a visit from Grandfer Cantle.

孩子似的轻盈脚步和声调高的快乐曲子，说明是坎特尔大爷了。

Her extraordinary fixity, her conspicuous loneliness, her heedlessness of night, betokened among other things an utter absence of fear.

她异乎寻常的定力，眼可见的孤寂，对沉沉黑夜的毫不顾忌，可以表现好几层意思，其中层，是她没有丝恐惧。

Dear Mr. Worthing, I trust this garb of woe does not betoken some terrible calamity?

亲爱的沃辛先生， 我相信这件悲惨的外衣不会预示着么可怕的灾难吧？

" What, what, " he thought, " can this betoken" ?

“么，么，”他想，“这能预示着”吗？

A low roar betokened that he was ready.

声低吼表明他已经准备好了。

In short, everything betokened a coming tempest.

简而言之， 切都预示着场即的暴风雨。

The straight lines of his eyebrows betokened the impossibility of any sympathy.

他眉毛的直线表明不可能有任何同情。

His blank and aristocratic physiognomy betokened rare and orthodox ideas; the ideal of a Metternichian diplomatist.

他面无表情的贵族相貌预示着罕见的正统思想。 梅特涅外交家的理想。

Seminarists have a special way, even of eating a poached egg, which betokens progress in the devout life.

研讨班的学生有特殊的吃法，甚至吃荷包蛋，这预示着虔诚生活的进步。

The average cloudiness only about .08, and there is no sighing in the woods to betoken a big weather change.

平均云量只有大约 0.08 度，树林中没有预示着天气大变化的叹息。

Indeed, the crown alone betokened majesty; in all else the Scarecrow King was but a simple scarecrow--flimsy, awkward, and unsubstantial.

确实，仅凭王冠就预示着威严；在所有其他方面， 稻草人王只是个简单的稻草人——脆弱、笨拙、虚无。

His step was elastic, and his face betokened inward pleasantry, as he advanced to Mr. Bumble, and shook him cordially by the hand.

当他走班布尔先生身边并亲切地握手时，他的步伐轻快，脸上流露着内心的愉悦。

Presently, the vapors in advance slid aside; and there in the distance lay a ship, whose furled sails betokened that some sort of whale must be alongside.

此刻，前方的雾气不知不觉地飘向了边；艘船停在远处，收拢的帆表明船边定拖着头鲸鱼。

None the less, his physiognomy did not so much betoken crime as rather that perfect callousness which is so much more terrifying to the young.

尽管如此，他的相貌与其说是犯罪的前兆，不如说是对年轻人说更加可怕的冷酷无情。

The belief was a favorite one with our forefathers, as betokening that their infant commonwealth was under a celestial guardianship of peculiar intimacy and strictness.

这信仰是我们祖先最喜欢的信仰，因为这表明他们的幼年联邦处于特别亲密和严格的天国监护之下。

He was interrupted by Merry, who rushed from the forward part of the vessel, his whole face betokening the eagerness of his spirit and the importance of his intelligence.

领航员思绪突然被打断，原，水手梅里从船的前舷飞跑过，满脸焦急万分，像有重大事情要报。

I would not, however, by all this, be understood to mean, that the one species of expense always betokens a more liberal or generous spirit than the other.

然而，我不会把这切理解为，花费总是预示着比另更慷慨或慷慨的精神。

His features were somewhat effeminate, with his large eyes, set close together, his small flat nose, full red lips, betokening the amiable disposition of a well-bred nobleman.

他的五官有些柔弱， 双大眼睛， 靠得很近，小扁鼻子，丰满的红唇， 副有教养的贵族和蔼可亲的气质。