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
- According with the fast and efficient development of the concept of new urban development, slow urban life advocates nature intimation close to nature and in harmony with nature in order to ease the mood and relieve the pressure and keep balance in study and life.
城市慢生活作为与城市快速、高效发展相对应的新型城市发展理念，提倡亲近自然，顺应自然，来舒缓心情、排解压力，让工作、学习与生活能够平衡发展。 - 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。 - Brown gave no intimation that he had heard anything.
布朗象没有听见似的，无任何表示。 - He had no intimation that he was on the point of another disaster.
他未意识到他即将遭到另一场灾难。 - At this intimation the gun club merely shrugged its shoulders and returned to its great work.
听了这个消息，大炮俱乐部的会员们只耸了耸肩膀，就继续进行伟大的工作去了。 - And, oh, this dearth of the human physiognomy! and, worse than all, the terrible intimation of Kenneth that I neednot expect to be out of doors till spring!
还有，啊，轻易看不见人的脸，还有，比什么都糟的是肯尼兹可怕的暗示，说我不到春天甭想出门！ - For the first time I felt some intimation of danger.
那时我第一次感到有危险的征兆。 - 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。 - And yet these changes are only a pale intimation of what Heaven is preparing to do: she is to transform your reality from a limited-conscious dipolar one to a fully conscious monopolar one.
然而，这些变化只是一个什么样的天堂是准备做苍白的暗示：她是把从有限的，你的现实意识的偶极一到完全自觉单极之一。 - They were too proud to give any intimation of their financial difficulties.
他们太骄傲，不敢让别人知道他们的财政困难。