imply
英 [ɪmˈplaɪ]
美 [ɪmˈplaɪ]
v. 含有…的意思; 暗示; 暗指; 说明; 表明; 必然包含; 使有必要
第三人称单数:implies 过去分词:implied 现在分词:implying 过去式:implied
Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.1675 / COCA.2796
同义词辨析
implyhintinsinuateintimatesuggest【导航词义:暗示】
他的微笑暗示他同意。
She implied that she was the one in charge of the whole project.
她暗示她是整个计划的负责人。
他强烈暗示他可能要竞选市长。
She had no idea what her friend was hinting at.
她不知道她的朋友在暗示什么。
他暗指那个男孩在对她说谎。
Do you know what she was trying to insinuate?
你知道她想暗示什么吗?
他向我暗示过他想辞职。
She vaguely intimated that she couldn't invite them to the party.
她含糊地暗示无法邀请他们参加聚会。
你言下之意是说你比她聪明吗?
She would never suggest such a thing.
她根本不会有这样的意思。
牛津词典
verb
- 含有…的意思;暗示;暗指
to suggest that sth is true or that you feel or think sth, without saying so directly- Are you implying (that) I am wrong?
你的意思是不是说我错了? - I disliked the implied criticism in his voice.
我讨厌他暗中批评的口吻。
- Are you implying (that) I am wrong?
- 说明;表明
to make it seem likely that sth is true or exists- The survey implies (that) more people are moving house than was thought.
调查显示,准备搬家的人口比想象的要多。 - The fact that she was here implies a degree of interest.
她到场就说明了她有一定程度的兴趣。
- The survey implies (that) more people are moving house than was thought.
- 必然包含;使有必要
to make sth necessary in order to be successful- The project implies an enormous investment in training.
这个项目需要在培训方面做巨大的投资。
- The project implies an enormous investment in training.
柯林斯词典
- VERB 暗指;暗示
If youimply thatsomething is the case, you say something which indicates that it is the case in an indirect way.- 'Are you implying that I have something to do with those attacks?' she asked coldly...
“你在暗示我和那些袭击有关吗?”她冷冷地问。 - She felt undermined by the implied criticism.
她觉得这一含沙射影的批评对自己造成了不利影响。
- 'Are you implying that I have something to do with those attacks?' she asked coldly...
- VERB 含有…的意思;意味着
If an event or situationimpliesthat something is the case, it makes you think it likely that it is the case.- Exports in June rose 1.5%, implying that the economy was stronger than many investors had realized...
6 月份出口上升 1.5%,表明经济比许多投资者所认为的更要坚挺。 - A 'frontier-free' Europe implies a greatly increased market for all economic operators.
“无国界的”欧洲对所有经营者来说都意味着一个大大扩展了的市场。
- Exports in June rose 1.5%, implying that the economy was stronger than many investors had realized...
Do not confuseimplyandinfer. If youimplythat something is the case, you suggest that it is the case without actually saying so.Rose's barrister implied that he had married her for her money.If youinferthat something is the case, you decide that it must be the case because of what you know, but without actually being told.From this simple statement I could infer a lot about his wife.Note that some English speakers useinferwith the same meaning asimply, but this is considered incorrect by careful speakers.
不要混淆 imply 和 infer。imply 指不加以明说, 但通过暗示表明某事为事实:Rose's barrister implied that he had married her for her money (罗丝的律师暗示他当初娶她是为了她的钱财)。infer 表示在没有被明确告知的情况下, 根据已知信息推断某事是事实:From this simple statement I could infer a lot about his wife (从这一简单的陈述中我能推断出关于他妻子的很多情况)。注意:某些英语使用者把 infer 与 imply 等同使用, 但讲究字句的英语使用者认为这种用法不妥。
英英释义
verb
- express or state indirectly
- suggest as a logically necessary consequence
- have as a logical consequence
- The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers
- have as a necessary feature
- This decision involves many changes
- suggest that someone is guilty
双语例句
- What are the constraints that each of these imply for any design?
这每种产品的要求和约束对于设计意味着什么? - This fact leads data-mining mechanisms to imply semantics to the data being processed to define a useful data model.
这一事实导致数据挖掘机制对正在被处理的数据隐含了一些语义,以便定义一个有用的数据模型。 - Although this is not proper XPath syntax, the parentheses imply a different priority.
虽然这是不正确的XPath语法,但是括号暗示了不同的优先级。 - It does not necessarily imply that you must just have a good standard of English.
但这并不意味你就必须有一个良好的英语水准。 - It does imply acknowledging that I am and what I do affects you.
但是它意味着承认我,我做什么都影响着你。 - If you and the author are lovers, the letter imply that you are breaking up.
如果楼主和写信人是恋人,这篇文章暗示着你们要分手了。 - I have thought for long time: What did mother imply to me?
我会想许久的:母亲在对我暗示什么? - This may seem to imply the charge that historicism is inconsistent.
这可能意味着对历史决定论前后矛盾的指责。 - What conclusion does this imply for an environment which satisfies some but not all of these conditions?
对于一个只有部分但不是所有的条件都满足的环境,这意味着什么样的结论呢? - However, the attention given to IT does not imply that this is our only focus.
然而,对IT的关注并不意味着这是我们唯一的关注点。