imply

B2 CET-4 Oxf 3000 大学 FREQ #14532 ★★★☆☆

vt. 暗示, 意味 [计] 隐含

发音

US /ɪmˈplaɪ/
UK /ɪmˈplaɪ/

词形变化

implied impliedst implies 三单 implies implieth implying implying 现在分词 implied 过去式 implied 过去分词 impliest impliedst 过去式 implieth 三单 implied 复数

别名

imploy

教材释义与例句

动词

意味；暗示；隐含

释义与例句

v. B2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    To have as a necessary consequence; to lead to (something) as a consequence.

    意味着

    及物

    Correlation does not imply causation

    The proposition that "all dogs are mammals" implies that my dog is a mammal.

  2. 2.

    To suggest by logical inference.

    及物

    When I state that your dog is brown, I am not implying that all dogs are brown.

  3. 3.

    To hint; to insinuate; to suggest tacitly and avoid a direct statement.

    暗示

    暗指

    及物

    What do you mean "we need to be more careful with hygiene"? Are you implying that I don't wash my hands?

  4. 4.

    To enfold, entangle.

    古体

词汇关系

动词

同义词 6

mean involve incriminate entail connote inculpate

上位词 6

have show express feature necessitate evince

下位词 7

suppose carry suggest intimate connote presuppose predicate

词源

From Middle English implien, emplien, borrowed from Old French emplier, from Latin implicare (“to infold, involve”), from in (“in”) + plicare (“to fold”). Doublet of employ and implicate.

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