intimation是什么意思？

intimation

英[ˌɪntɪˈmeɪʃn] 美[ˌɪntɪˈmeɪʃn]

• n. 暗示，正式宣告；

复数：intimations;

例句

• Still he had a strange prescience , an intimation of something yet to come. 不过他有一种奇特的预感, 感到了某件事情就要发生!
• A frown is often an intimation of disapproval. 皱眉头常常表示不赞许.
• Hopkins sent me the earliest intimation. 霍普金斯最先将情况通知我.
• This intimation seemed to compose in some degree the vehement passion of the old hag. 这番交代似乎使老妖婆的无名怒火稍微平息了一点.
• I did not have any intimation that he was going to resign. 我一点儿都不知道他要辞职。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  暗示;提示
  An intimation is an indirect suggestion or sign that something is likely to happen or be true.
  例句
  ...intimations of mortality... 濒临死亡的征兆 I did not have any intimation that he was going to resign. 我一点儿都不知道他要辞职。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. an indirect suggestion;
  "not a breath of scandal ever touched her"
  2. a slight suggestion or vague understanding;
  "he had no inkling what was about to happen"