名词手势，姿势; 举止，动作; 〔古语〕仪态; [计算机]光笔指令

及物动词做手势

不及物动词用手势表现，表达或指导

1. 手势；姿势；示意动作
A gesture is a movement that you make with a part of your body, especially your hands, to express emotion or information.

e.g. Sarah made a menacing gesture with her fist...
萨拉用拳头做了一个威胁性的动作。
e.g. He throws his hands open in a gesture which clearly indicates his relief.
他摊开双手，明确表示他已如释重负。

2. （表明态度或意图的）姿态，表示
A gesture is something that you say or do in order to express your attitude or intentions, often something that you know will not have much effect.

e.g. He questioned the government's commitment to peace and called on it to make a gesture of good will...
他对政府致力和平的承诺提出质疑，并呼吁政府做出友好的表示。
e.g. There's not greater gesture of love than having someone's name tattooed on your body...
没有比将某人姓名文到身上更绝妙的示爱方式了。

3. 打手势；用手势表示；用动作示意
If you gesture, you use movements of your hands or head in order to tell someone something or draw their attention to something.

e.g. I gestured towards the boathouse, and he looked inside...
我朝船库方向示意，他便往里面瞧了瞧。
e.g. He gestures, gesticulates, and moves with the grace of a dancer.
他举手投足之间流露出舞者的优雅。

名词道歉认错，愧悔; 正式辩解，正式辩护; 解释; 〈口〉临时凑合的代用品

1. 道歉；认错；愧疚的表示
An apology is something that you say or write in order to tell someone that you are sorry that you have hurt them or caused trouble for them.

e.g. I didn't get an apology...
还没有向我道歉。
e.g. We received a letter of apology...
我们收到了一封致歉信。

2. （表示或作出）道歉
If you offer or make your apologies, you apologize.

e.g. His mother offered her apologies to the Jones family...
他的母亲向琼斯一家赔了不是。
e.g. When Mary finally appeared, she made her apologies to Mrs Madrigal.
最终露面时，玛丽向马德里加尔夫人表示了歉意。

3. （对某事）无可道歉，无错可认
If you say that you make no apologies for what you have done, you are emphasizing that you feel that you have done nothing wrong.

e.g. Union officials made no apologies for the threatened chaos.
工会干部们对于迫在眉睫的混乱局面不予道歉。

名词公务员; 行政官员; [体]裁判; 高级职员

形容词正式的; 官方的，法定的; 公职的，公务的; 官气十足

1. 官方的；正式的
Official means approved by the government or by someone in authority.

e.g. According to the official figures, over one thousand people died during the revolution...
根据官方数字，1,000多人在这场革命中丧生。
e.g. An official announcement is expected in the next few days...
预计过几天会发布一项正式声明。

形容词主观的; 个人的; 内省的

1. 主观的;非客观的
Something that is subjective is based on personal opinions and feelings rather than on facts.

e.g. We know that taste in art is a subjective matter...
我们知道艺术品位因人而异。
e.g. The way they interpreted their past was highly subjective.
他们解释其过去的方式太主观。