imply
英[ɪm'plaɪ]
美[ɪm'plai]
- vt. 意味；暗示；隐含
词态变化
第三人称单数: implies;过去式: implied;过去分词: implied;现在分词: implying;
中文词源
imply 暗示，暗指
im-,进入，使，-ply,编织，卷入，词源同apply,implicate.
英文词源
- imply
- imply: see employ
- imply (v.)
- late 14c., "to enfold, enwrap, entangle" (the classical Latin sense), from Old French emplier, from Latin implicare "involve" (see implication). Meaning "to involve something unstated as a logical consequence" first recorded c. 1400; that of "to hint at" from 1580s. Related: Implied; implying. The distinction between imply and infer is in "What do you imply by that remark?" But, "What am I to infer from that remark?"
双语例句
- 1. Cheerfulness doesn't always imply happiness.
- 快活并不总是意味着幸福.
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- 2. What did she imply in her words?
- 她的话意味着什么?
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- 3. What do you imply by that statement?
- 你那句话有什么含意?
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- 4. Tremain's novel is altogether jauntier, more various and energetic than these quotations imply.
- 与这些引文给人的印象相比，特里曼的小说总的来说更加充满自信、富于变化，也更有活力。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. Their failure to reply to our letter seems to imply a lack of interest.
- 他们没有回我们的信似乎暗示他们缺乏兴趣.
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