gesture
常考释义
1.[c][u]手势；姿势；示意动作a movement that you make with your hands, your head or your face to show a particular meaning
He made a rude gesture at the driver of the other car.他向另外那辆汽车的司机做了个粗野的手势。
She finished what she had to say with a gesture of despair.她用绝望的姿势结束了她不得不讲的话。
They communicated entirely by gesture.他们完全用手势交流。
2.[c]（表明感情或意图的）姿态，表示something that you do or say to show a particular feeling or intention
They sent some flowers as a gesture of sympathy to the parents of the child.他们送了一些花表示对孩子父母的同情。
It was a nice gesture(= it was kind) to invite his wife too.把他的妻子也请来是友好的表示。
We do not accept responsibility but we will refund the money as a gesture of goodwill .我们不承担责任，不过我们愿意退款以表示我们的善意。
The government has made a gesture towards public opinion(= has tried to do sth that the public will like) .政府已做出顺应民意的姿态。
1.[i][t]做手势；用手势表示；用动作示意to move your hands, head, face, etc. as a way of expressing what you mean or want
‘I see you read a lot,’ he said, gesturing at the wall of books.“看来你读的书很多。”他指着那一墙的书说道。
She gestured for them to come in.她示意让他们进来。
He gestured (to me) that it was time to go.他示意（我）该走了。
They gestured that I should follow.他们示意让我跟在后面。
Being hesitated a moment, I gave him a gesture and let him in.
我犹豫了一会儿，给他做了个手势，让他进了家门。
A Nymex security official was 'literally standing, holding his hands up in a calming gesture.
纽约商交所一位安全官员径直站着，举手做着要求镇静的姿势。
Subsequently he made this the title of his own movie, no doubt as a further gesture of anti-European defiance.
再后来，他竟以此作为自己的电影的名字。毫无疑问，这是他蔑视欧洲人的进一步表现。
Harry lets go of him abruptly. He rubs his forehead, but the gesture is only out of habit now.
哈利立刻放开了他。他揉了揉自己的额头，这是他的老习惯了。
Once you think of it make sure you say it or gesture it in a loud and clear manner so that there is no mistaking it for something else.
一旦你觉得你说要确保在一个响亮而明确的方式，或姿态，以便有没有误以为是别的东西了。
Ms. Fake said that gesture could be interpreted as a sign of good faith that Yahoo has "changed a great deal since we were there. "
费克说，这个举动可以解读为善意的信号，即雅虎“与我们在那工作时相比，已经改变了许多”。
'You could have had a gesture with your father by swimming for him, but you didn't, perhaps because you were too young.
你本来可以为你父亲去游泳，向他表明你的态度，但是你没有这么做，也许是因为你那时太年轻了。
By accepting such a gesture, he only proved that his ego is at least the size of his statue.
他接受这样一个姿势，唯一表明的就是，他的自我意识至少跟那座雕像一样巨大。
Sun images of heroic vitality, the gesture seems to swing between the destiny of the speech was delivered.
孙中山的立像英姿勃勃，摆动的手势好像正在发表关系国家命运的演说。
it had sought human companionship and help and it made no threatening gesture as she looped one end of the torn petticoat about its horns.
它在艰苦中到处寻找人类来帮助它，所以当她把那条用衬裙做的绳子系在牛角上时，牛也没有做出任何威胁的姿态。
Massa points to his head, making a gesture that suggests he turned his oxygen mask into a clown's hat.
马萨指了指他的头，做了一个表示将他的氧气罩弄成小丑帽的手势。
What I hear is that such a gesture will not happen, for a very large number of very small reasons.
据我所知，出于无数很小的原因，这种姿态不可能出现。
"It was all organized by the British and just a very nice gesture as a farewell gift, " McCormack said.
麦考马克说：“此次演奏全由英方组织安排，堪称一份非常不错的告别礼物。”
It was a gesture which, if anyone had still thought in such terms, might have recalled an eighteenth-century nobleman offering his snuffbox.
这姿态可能让人怀想十八世纪绅士向别人敬鼻烟的样子，如果还有人用这些词语思考的话。
With a gesture of infinite understanding, disgust, noble indifference, he threw up his hands and started to walk out.
他带着无限的了解，厌恶，俨然不屑的神色，无可奈何地站起身就走出去。
"With its ears, it looks a bit like the gesture we make on a picture to look cool, " she said referring to the popular 'V' sign.
“花花公子的兔子耳朵看起来有点像我们在扮酷时摆的姿势”，她说
Other visitors reported that Booee used the American Sign Language gesture for "keys, " indicating that he wanted to get out of his cage.
其他游客也表示Booee曾使用美国手语做出“钥匙”单词，表明他想要离开笼子。
This is clearly a conciliatory gesture towards his wife, Cherie, who has not seen as much of him as she might have hoped - and he admits it.
很明显这是对他妻子切丽的抚慰的姿态，因为一直以来切丽不能像她希望的那样常常见到他—布莱尔承认这一点。
He held out his hand with a gesture which conveyed something of this inarticulate conflict.
他伸出手，做个手势以表达他那难以言状的矛盾心情。
I also remember that the smallest gesture of affection would bring a lump to my throat, whether it was directed at me or at someone else.
我还记得那最微小的举动显示出的爱意，不论是对我还是对别人，竟使我哽咽欲泣。
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