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implication

英[ɪmplɪ'keɪʃ(ə)n] 美['ɪmplɪ'keʃən]
  • n. 含义;暗示;牵连,卷入;可能的结果,影响

词态变化


复数: implications;

助记提示


1. im- "into, in, on, upon" + plic- + -ation.
2. => involve, entangle, connect closely.
2. => something implied (but not expressed).

中文词源


implication 牵连,牵涉

来自implicate,牵连,牵涉。

英文词源


implication (n.)
early 15c., "action of entangling," from Latin implicationem (nominative implicatio) "interweaving, entanglement," from past participle stem of implicare "involve, entangle, connect closely," from assimilated form of in- "into, in, on, upon" (see in- (2)) + plicare "to fold" (see ply (v.1)). Meaning "something implied (but not expressed)" is from 1550s.

双语例句


1. The implication that marital infidelity enhances a leader's credibility is preposterous.
婚姻不忠会提升领导人可信度的暗示荒谬之极。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The implication was plain, if left unstated.
其含意不言而喻。

来自柯林斯例句

3. The implication took a while to sink in.
其中的含意要花点时间才能完全领会。

来自柯林斯例句

4. He smiled, with the implication that he didn't believe me.
他微笑了, 暗示着不相信我.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

5. He is by implication requesting me to resign.
他示意要我辞职.

来自《简明英汉词典》