hallmark

英 [ˈhɔːlmɑːk]

美 [ˈhɔːlmɑːrk]

n.  特征; 特点; 金银纯度印记(打在金、银、铂制品上，表示纯度、生产日期及产地)
v.  给…打金银纯度印记

复数：hallmarks　过去式：hallmarked　过去分词：hallmarked　现在分词：hallmarking　

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Collins.1 / BNC.11245 / COCA.8292

牛津词典

noun

• 特征；特点
  a feature or quality that is typical of sb/sth
  1. Police said the explosion bore all the hallmarks of a terrorist attack.
     警方称这次爆炸具有恐怖分子袭击的所有特征。
• 金银纯度印记（打在金、银、铂制品上，表示纯度、生产日期及产地）
  a mark put on gold, silver and platinum objects that shows the quality of the metal and gives information about when and where the object was made

verb

• 给…打金银纯度印记
  to put a hallmark on metal goods

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 标志;特征;特点
  Thehallmarkof something or someone is their most typical quality or feature.
  1. It's a technique that has become the hallmark of Amber Films...
     这已经成为安伯电影公司的标志性技术。
  2. The killing had the hallmarks of a professional assassination...
     这起谋杀案具有职业暗杀的特征。
  3. His designs show a love of simplicity which is very much his hallmark.
     他的设计显示出对简约风格的偏爱，这正是他一贯的特点。
• （金、银、铂制品上标明纯度、产地、制造者的）印记
  Ahallmarkis an official mark put on things made of gold, silver, or platinum that indicates the quality of the metal, where the object was made, and who made it.

英英释义

noun

• a distinctive characteristic or attribute
  Synonym:trademarkearmarkstylemark
• a mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity
  Synonym:authenticationassay-mark

双语例句

• Hardly the hallmark of a dawning bull market.
  这很难算得上是牛市曙光初现的标志。
• But, on the whole, protectionism has not been a hallmark of this economic downturn.
  但总体而言，保护主义并不是此次经济衰退的一个特征。
• Being mindful in conversations is a hallmark characteristic of a good listener, Sacco notes.
  留心对话是一个好的倾听者的标志特征，萨科讲道。
• This provides the necessary control to assure the standard of quality that is our hallmark.
  这提供了必要的的控制，以确保质量标准，这是我们的特色。
• It's a technique that has become the hallmark of Amber Films
  这已经成为安伯电影公司的标志性技术。
• Isolation is a new hallmark of our paradoxically connected society.
  在这个密切联系的社会，隔离却讽刺性地成了一个新标志。
• In the past decade, liberalization and globalization have been the hallmark of economic policy throughout the world.
  在过去的十年里，自由化和全球化是经济政策的显著标志，全世界都是如此。
• Its hallmark is the advance of negative interest rates and negative bond yields across the continent.
  其特点是整个欧洲大陆出现负利率和负债券收益率。
• Squeezing out cost savings has long been a Toyota hallmark but the company has intensified its efforts this year.
  挤压成本长期以来一直是丰田的标志性做法，但该公司今年加大了力度。
• A greater focus on professional management and marketing became the hallmark of the shopping center industry.
  更加关注在专业管理和营销，这成为购物中心行业的特点。