imply

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ɪmˈplaɪ/    美 /ɪmˈplaɪ/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To have as a necessary consequence; to lead to (something) as a consequence. transitive
    — Correlation does not imply causation
  2. To suggest by logical inference. transitive
    — When I state that your dog is brown, I am not implying that all dogs are brown.
  3. To hint; to insinuate; to suggest tacitly and avoid a direct statement. transitive
    — What do you mean "we need to be more careful with hygiene"? Are you implying that I don't wash my hands?
  4. To enfold, entangle. archaic
    — And in his bosome secretly there lay / An hatefull Snake, the which his taile vptyes / In many folds, and mortall sting implyes.

词形变化

implies present,singular,third-person implying participle,present implied participle,past implied past no-table-tags table-tags glossary inflection-template imply infinitive imply first-person,present,singular implied first-person,past,singular imply present,second-person,singular impliest archaic,present,second-person,singular implied past,second-person,singular impliedst archaic,past,second-person,singular implies present,singular,third-person implieth archaic,present,singular,third-person implied past,singular,third-person imply plural,present implied past,plural imply present,subjunctive implied past,subjunctive imply imperative,present - imperative,past implying participle,present implied participle,past

词汇关系

衍生词
impliable implier misimply
相关词
implicate implication implicative implicit implicitness connotation entail

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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