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

• Brown gave no intimation that he had heard anything.
  布朗象没有听见似的，无任何表示。
• 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。
• As a design arts, material design is popular today for its intimation, quality and visual shock.
  作为设计艺术的一个分支，材料设计以其亲近感、质地感和强烈的视觉冲击力，成为当代新兴的艺术创作领域。
• The intimation of vehicles speed distribution and run time distribution is also given, as well as the applicable range of each platoon dispersion model.
  通过数据处理，给出了车队离散过程中的多点流量图式以及多段的车速分布。
• 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。
• I find your intimation that I have been dishonest deeply offensive.
  我觉得你关于我不诚实的暗示使我非常不快。
• 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。
• Hopkins sent me the earliest intimation.
  霍普金斯最先将情况通知我。
• These moments provide an intimation of ethical perfection and merciful love.
  这些时刻意味着道德上的完美和仁慈的爱。
• 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。