intimation
英 [ˌɪntɪˈmeɪʃn]
美 [ˌɪntɪˈmeɪʃn]
n. 透露; 间接表示; 暗示
复数：intimations
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- 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。
- There was no intimation from his doctor that his condition was serious.
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.- ...intimations of mortality...
濒临死亡的征兆 - I did not have any intimation that he was going to resign.
我一点儿都不知道他要辞职。
- ...intimations of mortality...
英英释义
noun
- a slight suggestion or vague understanding
- he had no inkling what was about to happen
- an indirect suggestion
- not a breath of scandal ever touched her
双语例句
- For the first time I felt some intimation of danger.
那时我第一次感到有危险的征兆。 - 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。 - Hopkins sent me the earliest intimation.
霍普金斯最先将情况通知我。 - 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。 - 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？ - Joseph mumbled indistinctly in the depths of the cellar, but gave no intimation of ascending;
约瑟夫在地窖的深处咕哝着，可是并不打算上来。 - But even understood in this way, the intimation given by the title is disputed by biblical scholars.
但即使在这样的理解，所给予的暗示的标题是有争议的圣经学者。 - 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。 - I did not have any intimation that he was going to resign.
我一点儿都不知道他要辞职。 - 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；