imply
verb[T]
uk/ɪmˈplaɪ/us/ɪmˈplaɪ/C2
tocommunicateanideaorfeelingwithout saying itdirectly:
暗指,暗示[+ (that)]Are you implying(that)I'mfat?你是在暗示我长得胖吗?
I'm not implying anything aboutyourcooking, but could weeatouttonight?我并不是暗示你做的饭不好吃,只是想提议我们今晚去外面吃,好吗?
Idetectedan impliedcriticismof the way he wastreated.我觉察到他在含蓄地批评自己受到的待遇。
assomethingimplies
C2
used to show that thename, etc. of somethingtellsyou something about it:
正如…所暗示的Variablerateloans, as thenameimplies, have avariableinterestrate.可变利率贷款,正如名字所暗示的,是一种利率可能变化的贷款。
C2formal
toinvolvesomething or make itnecessary:
必然包含;使成为必需Socialism impliesequality.社会主义必然包含平等。
- Thereport, which isviewedas abellwetherforeconomictrends, implied that thenationaleconomycould beslowingdown.
- Herstatementimplies alackofconfidencein themanagementof thecompany.
- What are you implying?
- Aconnectionbetween theeventshas been implied in severalnewsreports.
- Therelationshipimplied a highdegreeoftrustbetween the twoparties.
Suggestions & proposals
- about
- bouncesomethingoffsomeone
- can't
- co-sponsor
- co-sponsorship
- drop
- intimate
- make noisesidiom
- maybe
- move
- mover
- nomination
- on the tableidiom
- proposition
- putsomeonetosomethingidiom
- putsomethingin
- putsomethingup
- resubmission
- resubmit
- table
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Essential or necessary
Grammar
Implyorinfer?
We imply something by what we say. We infer something from what somebody else says. The main difference between these two words is that a speaker can imply, but a listener can only infer.…