1Make a gesture with the hand, arm, or head to encourage someone to come nearer or follow.

米兰达示意亚当跟上。

1. 1.1with object and adverbial of direction Attract the attention of or summon someone by making a gesture with the hand, arm, or head.
   he beckoned Christopher over

   他示意让卡梅伦过来。

   with object and infinitive he beckoned Duncan to follow

   Example sentencesExamples

   • I popped the three fruits on a wall and beckoned people over to identify which was which, with varying degrees of success.
   • A young girl beckons him inside, and Gabriel soon realises he is to be paid in kind.
   • They were pointing at me, beckoning me to join them on stage.
   • The branches of the nearest trees practically touch our home, ever beckoning us into the hundred acre wood.
   • The young man beckons us into his tiny shop and spreads out some diaphanous silks for our inspection.
   • Upon entering, a charming flapper greets you and beckons you to see the 1920's show.
   • Then the local man unloads the ropes and headlamps and beckons Chris forward.
   • Each time he beckons the attendant to hand the call to him.
   • Gulnara, his wife, beckons us into their kitchen with a bottle of honey whisky made by her in-laws in Bashkortostan.
   • But Topsy smacks the dogs off the bed frame, shakes the filthy blankets and beckons me to sit and wait.
   • A second piece is a travel primer, Easily assembled at home, and for use by those who have never traveled to lands beyond, which beckons us to step beyond our safe boundaries.
   • Some of Fitzroy's residents still claim to remember when they could hear the whistles of factories beckoning workers to their production lines and workshops.
   • We're in the queue at the supermarket, one of those queues where everybody stands in a line and when the cashier beckons you over when they're free.
   • A larger man notices me from across the center, and beckons me to advance.
   • In the finest tradition of Irish storytellers he beckons the audience to walk with him.
   • As if in answer to his question, Dr. Jewels stretched out his arm beckoning Johnny forward.
   • They beckon people to them from the whole planet, witnesses of our common history, in many ways still mysterious and incomprehensible.
   • A person beckoning someone else extends an arm with the palm turned down and brings the fingers toward the wrist.
   • Romantic and sexy, Paris beckons people from all over the world to bask in its splendor.
   • Further down the country road, an impressive gateway beckons the visitor up a long, winding driveway, leading to a rambling old building with turrets and a large, broken clockface.
2. 1.2 Seem to be appealing or inviting.
   〈喻〉（似乎）有吸引力，诱人
   the going is tough and soft options beckon

   情况艰难时，求安稳的选择往往很有吸引力。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The golf courses of Mayo and Galway beckon invitingly but he reckons he might tire of the golf after a few months.
   • Her voice was soft and melodious, hypnotizing and somehow beckoning.
   • As the new cyberfrontier beckons, America's prospects appear bright.
   • A particularly soft blanket of green seemed to beckon, and she settled herself amid the springy blades.
   • The Broken Claw river flowing through the town beckoned invitingly, but there were formalities to go through first; time for bathing later.
   • Too often they turned over ball, and too often they took wrong options when chances beckoned.
   • Then, I felt the ocean beckoning, pulling on the stone, as if the salt water on the surface of the stone was being called home.
   • The Statue of Liberty beckons ever more invitingly to the huddled masses of over-taxed, over-regulated British wealth creators.
   • In the warm sunshine ancient courtyards beckon, inviting exploration.
   • He took up swimming and diving, and joined a marching band, but the lure of the stage beckoned.
   • Wherever they occur on earth, high places and remote places beckon and enchant us.
   • Salford appeared on the up but the Northern Ford Premiership beckons if yesterday is anything to go by.
   • A multiplicity of interesting directions beckon, tempting you to take on too much by rushing into something new before finishing the last thing you started.
   • Such statistics suggest a date in Tampa in January beckons, with the NFL West title already appearing to be a mere formality.
   • It is nothing but a situation that beckons and lures from distance but when it is attained and becomes a reality, that reality has it's own troubles and problems to overcome.
   • A life in politics appeared to beckon, but all that changed as Verges watched France's brutal attempts to quell the Algerian uprising against its colonial master in the late 1950s.
   • I would elaborate further but college beckons, so bring it on!

   Synonyms

   entice, invite, tempt, coax, lure, charm, attract, draw, pull, pull in, bring in, call, allure, interest, fascinate, engage, enchant, captivate, persuade, induce, catch the eye of