查成语>英语词典>intimation翻译和用法

intimation

英 [ˌɪntɪˈmeɪʃn]

美 [ˌɪntɪˈmeɪʃn]

n.  透露; 间接表示; 暗示

复数:intimations 

法律

BNC.18734 / COCA.21089

牛津词典

    noun

    • 透露;间接表示;暗示
      the act of stating sth or of making it known, especially in an indirect way
      1. There was no intimation from his doctor that his condition was serious.
        他的医生没有透露他的病情很严重。

    柯林斯词典

    • N-COUNT 暗示;提示
      Anintimationis an indirect suggestion or sign that something is likely to happen or be true.
      1. ...intimations of mortality...
        濒临死亡的征兆
      2. I did not have any intimation that he was going to resign.
        我一点儿都不知道他要辞职。

    英英释义

    noun

    • a slight suggestion or vague understanding
      1. he had no inkling what was about to happen
      Synonym:inklingglimmeringglimmer
    • an indirect suggestion
      1. not a breath of scandal ever touched her
      Synonym:hintbreath

    双语例句

    • I did not have any intimation that he was going to resign.
      我一点儿都不知道他要辞职。
    • Brown gave no intimation that he had heard anything.
      布朗象没有听见似的,无任何表示。
    • It is a faint intimation, yet so are the first streaks of morning.
      这是一个隐隐约约的暗示,好像黎明的微光一样。
    • Most interpreters take it that the Precursor had some intimation of Jesus being the Messias: they assign this as the reason why John at first refused to baptize him;
      大多数诠释者都把这位先驱者看成是弥赛亚耶稣的一些预示:他们为约翰为何起初拒绝为他受洗作了一些理由;
    • He had no intimation that he was on the point of another disaster.
      他未意识到他即将遭到另一场灾难。
    • At this intimation the gun club merely shrugged its shoulders and returned to its great work.
      听了这个消息,大炮俱乐部的会员们只耸了耸肩膀,就继续进行伟大的工作去了。
    • The first intimation of this was the ecology movement of the1970s, which alerted us to the fact that some of you were awakening to a recognition of the overwhelming importance of nature.
      第一次的关于此的正式宣告发生在1970年代的生态运动,提醒你们一个事实:你们中的一些人被唤醒了,认识到破坏大自然的后果。
    • And yet these changes are only a pale intimation of what Heaven is preparing to do: she is to transform your reality from a limited-conscious dipolar one to a fully conscious monopolar one.
      然而,这些变化只是一个什么样的天堂是准备做苍白的暗示:她是把从有限的,你的现实意识的偶极一到完全自觉单极之一。
    • And why is it that as we grow older we seem to lose that joyous intimation of something beyond, something of greater significance?
      那么,为什么当我们长大以后,我们好象失去了对某种超越的东西,某种更有意义的东西的那种快乐的隐隐约约的感觉?
    • Mrs. Reynolds respect for Elizabeth seemed to increase on this intimation of her knowing her master.
      雷诺奶奶听到伊丽莎白跟她主人相熟,便好象益发敬重她。