詞彙精選:hint的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義:
n.
暗示;示意
例句:
This hint was enough to bind my hands.
這個暗示已夠使我束手無策了。
例句:
He dropped me a hint over dinner.
我們一起吃飯時他給了我暗示。
[hints] 建議;注意事項
例句:
They gave me a booklet with useful hints for airline passengers.
他們給了我一本小冊子,上面有為飛機乘客提供的有用的建議。
線索
例句:
Whatever hints we can glean about the future will help us prepare for the changes to come.
我們收集的有關未來的每一條線索,都將使我們能夠未雨綢繆。
例句:
I will give you some hints first.
我先給你一些線索。
少許,微量
例句:
For the first time there was a hint of emotion in his voice.
他的聲音中第一次露出了少許感情。
【古】時機
v.
暗示,示意 [I,T]
例句:
James hints that his heroine's demands on life are inordinate.
詹姆斯暗示他的女主人公對於人生過於苛求。
例句:
His letter hints at his anxiety for knowledge.
他的信暗示他對知識的渴望。
二、詞義辨析:
hint,imply,suggest
這些動詞均有“暗示”之意。hint指通過時間接而有提示性的話語或表情來暗示某事。imply側重指話語、行為或情景中的一種暗示,聽者或讀者必須加以邏輯推斷才能領會。suggest指有意或無意的,直接或間接暗示,強調事物的表徵等使人引起聯想。
三、詞義辨析:
hint,implication,suggestion
這些名詞均有“暗示,暗指”之意。hint最常用用詞,多指無意中的,間接的暗示。implication指對某事不公開發表自己的意見,僅用語言動作或表情表明態度,要對方進行推斷。suggestion既可指比較明顯的暗示,又可指客觀上流露出的跡象。
四、參考例句:
He dropped me a hint over dinner.
我們一起吃飯時他給了我暗示。
Even the official media sometimes hint at this.
甚至官方媒體有時也在暗示這一點。
This hint was enough to bind my hands.
這個暗示已夠使我束手無策了。
There was a faraway hint of wanderlust in his expression.
在他的話語中恍惚地暗示他有旅行癖。
There was a hint of schoolboy shyness in his explanation.
他的解釋中帶有一絲學生的羞澀。
Diana took the hint and left them to it.
戴安娜會意,任由他們自己去解決。
He gave me a hint that I was being cheated.
他暗示我在受人欺騙。
There's a subtle hint of garlic in the sauce.
調味汁裡稍微有一點蒜味。
There is no hint quite as strong as, "Do you wanna go out some time "
沒有什麼比“你願意和我一起出來玩嗎”更強烈的暗示了。
I'd dropped a hint about having an exhibition of his work up here.
我暗示過要在這裡舉辦一次他的作品展。