insinuation

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发音

其它 /ɪnˌsɪnjuˈeɪʃən/

词形变化

insinuations 复数 insinuations

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The act or process of insinuating; a creeping, winding, or flowing in.

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  2. 2.

    The act of gaining favor, affection, or influence, by gentle or artful means; — formerly used in a good sense, as of friendly influence or interposition.

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  3. 3.

    The art or power of gaining good will by a prepossessing manner.

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  4. 4.

    That which is insinuated; a hint; a suggestion, innuendo or intimation by distant allusion

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    Slander may be conveyed by insinuations.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

innuendo ingratiation

上位词 3

implication blandishment wheedling

词源

Borrowed from Middle French insinuation, from Old French, from Latin insinuatio, from īnsinuō (“to push in, creep in, steal in”), from in (“in”) + sinus (“a winding, bend, bay, fold, bosom”).

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