imply
英 /ɪmˈplaɪ/ 美 /ɪmˈplaɪ/
- v. 暗示；含蓄表达To suggest something without stating it directly.
- v. 意味着；必然包含To involve something as a necessary result or condition.
Are you trying to imply that my cooking is bad?
你是想暗示我做饭不好吃吗？
Higher spending on education does not necessarily imply better outcomes unless resources are allocated effectively.
教育支出增加不一定意味着成效改善，除非资源得到有效分配。
搭配
imply that 暗示……not necessarily imply 不一定意味着strongly imply 强烈暗示
辨析提示
imply是说话者暗示；infer是听者推断。
词族
implication (n.)、implied (adj.)
近义 suggest、insinuate
反义 state explicitly
相关词
- implication 可能的影响；后果
- marked 显著的；明显的
- merely 仅仅；只不过
- approximate 大概的；近似的
- relatively 相对地；比较而言
- conscience 良心；道德感
- characteristic 特征；特点
- suspicious 可疑的
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