intimation

英 [ˌɪntɪˈmeɪʃn]

美 [ˌɪntɪˈmeɪʃn]

n.  透露; 间接表示; 暗示

复数：intimations　

法律

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
  1. 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。

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.
  1. ...intimations of mortality...
     濒临死亡的征兆
  2. I did not have any intimation that he was going to resign.
     我一点儿都不知道他要辞职。

英英释义

noun

• a slight suggestion or vague understanding
  1. he had no inkling what was about to happen
  Synonym:inklingglimmeringglimmer
• an indirect suggestion
  1. not a breath of scandal ever touched her
  Synonym:hintbreath

双语例句

• And why is it that as we grow older we seem to lose that joyous intimation of something beyond, something of greater significance?
  那么，为什么当我们长大以后，我们好象失去了对某种超越的东西，某种更有意义的东西的那种快乐的隐隐约约的感觉？
• 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。
• 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。
• It is a faint intimation, yet so are the first streaks of morning.
  这是一个隐隐约约的暗示，好像黎明的微光一样。
• Geoffrey: I just wanted to let you know about the quarterly staff meeting. Rushton gave him the plans with an intimation that the work was to be proceeded with.
  杰佛瑞？我只是通知？？要开员工季会。拉什顿把计划交给他，通知他可以开工了。
• 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。
• Intimation system is established in the environment of MATLAB to validate these control arithmetic.
  在Matlab环境中建立了仿真系统，验证这些控制算法，取得了较好的效果。
• This paper also puts forward that we can consolidate the strategy alliances'foundation through exploring contribution fountainhead, create good atmosphere for cooperation of every part in alliances through enhancing the degree of intimation and provide directions and encouragement for alliance through creating new distant view.
  并提出了通过发掘贡献源可以夯实战略联盟的基础，通过增强密切度可以为联盟各方的合作创造一个良好的氛围，通过创造新远景可以为联盟提供方向与激励。
• But even understood in this way, the intimation given by the title is disputed by biblical scholars.
  但即使在这样的理解，所给予的暗示的标题是有争议的圣经学者。
• Most interpreters take it that the Precursor had some intimation of Jesus being the Messias: they assign this as the reason why John at first refused to baptize him;
  大多数诠释者都把这位先驱者看成是弥赛亚耶稣的一些预示：他们为约翰为何起初拒绝为他受洗作了一些理由；