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insinuate

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ɪnˈsɪn.ju.eɪt]
  • 美式音标 [ɪnˈsɪn.ju.eɪt]
  • 国际音标 [in'sinjueit]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • vt. 暗示；使逐渐而巧妙地取得；使迂回地潜入
  • vi. 暗讽；说含沙射影的话

词根记忆

  • in(进入) + sinu(弯曲) + ate→绕弯说出来→暗指
  • in(进入) + sinu(弯曲) + ate→曲折地进入主题→含沙射影地说

同根派生

  • adj性质的同根词
    insinuating：暗示的；曲意巴结的。
  • n性质的同根词
    insinuation：暗示；暗讽；间接的讽刺。
  • v性质的同根词
    insinuating：暗示；使…潜入；讨好（insinuate的ing形式）。

英汉例句

  • He tried to insinuate himself into the boss's favor.
    他设法巧妙地渐渐取得老板的欢心.
  • It'seems to me you insinuate things about her.
    我觉得你讲起她来,总有些弦外之音.
  • And do you mean to insinuate that there is not a sort of devotion in that?
    难道你还能拐弯儿抹角儿地说这不算是赤胆忠心 吗 ?
  • He tried to insinuate himself into the boss's favor.
    他设法巧妙地渐渐取得老板的欢心.
  • It'seems to me you insinuate things about her.
    我觉得你讲起她来,总有些弦外之音.

词组短语

    短语

  • insinuate e 暗指;暗示
  • compression insinuate 压缩影射
  • hint insinuate 隐射
  • to insinuate 隐射
  • insinuate yourselves into 潜入

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • to suggest, without being direct, that something unpleasant is true

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • If you say that someone insinuates that something bad is the case, you mean that they say it in an indirect way.
  • insinuation
  • If you say that someone insinuates themselves into a particular situation, you mean that they manage very cleverly, and perhaps dishonestly, to get into that situation.