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sug·gest AHD[səg-jĕstʹ, sə-jĕstʹ] D.J.[səgˈdʒest, səˈdʒest]K.K.[səgˈdʒɛst, səˈdʒɛst]v.tr.(及物动词)sug.gest.ed, sug.gest.ing, sug.gests - To offer for consideration or action; propose:建议:提出…以供考虑或行动;提议:suggest things for children to do; suggested that we take a walk.建议孩子们做一些事;提议去散步
- To bring or call to mind by logic or association; evoke:使人想到:通过逻辑或联想使想起或唤起;唤起:a cloud that suggests a mushroom; a ringlike symbol suggesting unity.一朵让人想到蘑菇的云;让人想到团结的环状标记
- To make evident indirectly; intimate or imply:间接地表明;暗示:a silence that suggested disapproval.沉默暗示着反对
- To serve as or provide a motive for; prompt or demand:要求:成为或提供动机;提醒或要求:Such a crime suggests apt punishment.这样一桩犯罪要求给予适当的惩罚
- Latin suggerere suggest- 拉丁语 suggerere suggest-
- sub- [up] * see sub- sub- [向上] * 参见 sub-
- gerere [to carry] gerere [搬运]
suggestʹer n.(名词)suggest, imply, hint, intimate, insinuate- These verbs mean to convey thoughts or ideas by indirection.这些动词的意思是用间接的方式传达思想或观点。
- Suggest refers to the calling of something to mind as the result of an association of ideas or train of thought: Suggest 指通过联想或思绪的联系使想到某事; "his erect and careless attitude suggesting assurance and power" (Joseph Conrad).Toimply is to suggest a thought or an idea that is unexpressed but that can be inferred from something else, such as a statement, that is more explicit: “他直截了当和粗心的态度让人想到确信和力量” (约翰)。Imply 的意思是提出一个没有明确表示的想法或主意, 但可以从别的较明显的事物,如一声明中推断出来: The effusive praise the professor heaped on one of the students seemed to imply indifference toward or disapproval of the rest.教授堆在一个学生头上的热情的赞扬似乎让人感到他对其他学生的冷淡和否定。
- Hint refers to an oblique or covert suggestion that often contains clues: Hint 指的是通常包含线索的间接的或较隐密的暗示: He hinted that he would accept an invitation if it were extended.他暗示如果邀请扩大的话他将会接受。My imagination supplied the explanation you only hinted at.我的想象力补充了你仅作了含蓄的暗示的解释。
- Intimate applies to indirect, subtle expression that often reflects discretion, tact, or reserve: Intimate 指一些反映出谨慎、技巧或保留的间接的、微妙的表达方式; She intimated that she and her husband were having marital problems. Toinsinuate is to suggest something, usually something unpleasant, in a covert, sly, and underhanded manner: 她含蓄地暗示她和她丈夫的婚烟出现了问题。 Insinuate 指以隐蔽的、委婉的或秘密的方式暗示通常是不愉快的事: The columnist insinuated—but never actually asserted—that the candidate had underworld ties. 这个专栏作家暗示——但他从未真正地公开宣布——这个候选人与黑社会有瓜葛
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