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in·ti·ma·tion
In t meI shn
复数:intimations
词根:intimate
adj.intimate 亲密的;私人的;精通的;有性关系的
n.intimate 知己;至交
vt.intimate 暗示;通知;宣布
noun
an indirect, usually subtle suggestion, indication, or hint It can be any time from the earliest intimation of fall, when wetland maples turn a searing red, to the third week of October, when gaudy leaves carpet the forest floor.—Madeline Drexler They bored me stiff but George had expertise and gave occasional intimations of power in reserve.—Tobias Wolff
intimations that she may retire from teaching next year
15世纪中期,“宣布的行动”,来自古法语 intimation(14世纪),源自晚期拉丁语 intimationem(主格 intimatio)“公告”,动作名词,来自拉丁语 intimare “宣布,公告,印象”(参见 intimate(形容词))。意思是“通过暗示或提示表达,间接传达信息的行动”始于1530年代。
The first known use of intimation was in 1531
1 The wily Edomite was aroused at the intimation of a possible rival.
这狡猾的以东人敏感地觉察到有政敌兴起的可能,便坐立不安.
2 Sometimes you encounter intimations of future greatness from fledgling filmmakers, and occasionally there are movies that are already great.
3 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.
4 C.M.’s voice, with its withdrawn quality and intimations of ruin, is an odd one to preside over a novel this sprawling and ambitious, this strange and dystopian and vividly imagined.
5 The “La Bohème” we know then emerges as his fantasy of her recuperation, though a fantasy shot through with intimations of darkness and death.
6 When her mother heard intimations that Ruskin had begun to see her in a non-sisterly light, Effie responded: "that John and I should love each other – wasn't it good, I could not help laughing".
7 But what makes “In the Dream House” a particularly self-aware structure—which is to say, a true haunted house—is the intimation that it is critiquing itself in real time.
8 I’d like to show how “intimations of mortality brought on by aging family members” connects with “the hatred of mirrors that begins in middle age.”
9 Like “Volto Santo,” the two secular panels capture multiple transmutations from lifeless to living, with intimations of the sacred, all rendered in a moment of perpetual simultaneity.
10 Centipedes make cameo appearances, while intimations of child abuse and stalking are wholly gratuitous.
11 the newscaster could not resist giving a slight intimation that the voting was going contrary to predictions
12 No mere intimation of immortality, Dr. Alexander’s memoir carries the audacious title “Proof of Heaven” and, at time of writing, it bestrides the New York Times best-seller lists like a Colossus.
13 His flesh begins “to return to fullness” and he feels “intimations of replenished life.”
14 Meanwhile, our seemingly doomed to rest-in-Pete has another intimation of mortality, as his train-buddy Howard tries to sell him life insurance.
15 The New York Times said "Eclipse" was "a more robustly entertaining film than either of its predecessors" with added humor, more violence, "and, true to the film's title, a deeper intimation of darkness."
16 This particular establishment, tucked outside Leipzig, in post-World War II Germany, has its dotard guests and their routines, its officious and stiffly uniformed staff, and its intimations of secrets and riches.
17 But Robert stubbornly refused to accept my silence. It was my first intimation of the strength of his love.
但罗伯特倔强地改变了我的少言寡语,由此我第一次感到了他那份爱的力量。
18 But for every bikini, for every batted eyelash, Gaga introduces intimations of the grotesque, the repulsive.
19 We experience many of the paintings as almost insultingly thin skins of color that have been coaxed into grudging intimations of deep space, dense foliage and filtering daylight.
20 If intimations of death were constant, he sometimes had a sense of humor about them.
1 通告
notice annunciation message bulletin inform advertise intimate circular encyclic notification announcement encyclical announce advise notify proclaim herald annunciate affiche
2 透露
disclosure revelation reveal leak out leak break drop hint disclose intimate unfold impart transpire divulge let in on let into
6 通知
informational tidings information notice advice Bill warning notification announcement monition sound announce advise inform notify intimate instruct apprise annunciate let know make known give notice acquaint cry impart serve notice put on notice communication intelligence reminder circular message advertise convey monish
7 宣布
profession declaration proclamation enunciation give declare intimate proclaim enunciate make known give forth declared proc. dec. announcement pronouncement enounce post present pass deliver publish discuss announce bill crack pronounce blaze kithe show forth chalk it up
8 发表
issuant enunciative abroach out publication enunciation appear give release deliver publish announce notify publicize ventilate enunciate place on the market put on the market give air to deliver oneself of see daylight be out air appearance presentation declaration issuance make run issue pass celebrate expose intimate emit give to the world give forth come into the open show forth make public
11 暗示
adumbrative reminiscent indicative covert implied suggestive unspoken redolent insinuating connotative insinuatingly point office tip suggestion hint implication cue allusion inkling tip-off insinuation allude suggest indicate imply intimate infer insinuate clue one in in allusion to hint at suggestive of allude to clue in note reference breath pointer smack drop a hint a hint echo innuendo constructive significative sign touch wind smell clue steer suspicion connotation signpost reminiscence soupcon connote adumbrate overtone drop point to implicit get at lead prompting clew mint break glance couch bespeak significant telegraphic allusive insinuative reminder jog breathe cheep shadow by hints