词汇精选:hint的用法和辨析
一、详细释义:
n.
暗示;示意
例句:
This hint was enough to bind my hands.
这个暗示已够使我束手无策了。
例句:
He dropped me a hint over dinner.
我们一起吃饭时他给了我暗示。
[hints] 建议;注意事项
例句:
They gave me a booklet with useful hints for airline passengers.
他们给了我一本小册子,上面有为飞机乘客提供的有用的建议。
线索
例句:
Whatever hints we can glean about the future will help us prepare for the changes to come.
我们收集的有关未来的每一条线索,都将使我们能够未雨绸缪。
例句:
I will give you some hints first.
我先给你一些线索。
少许,微量
例句:
For the first time there was a hint of emotion in his voice.
他的声音中第一次露出了少许感情。
【古】时机
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对于人生过于苛求。
例句:
His letter hints at his anxiety for knowledge.
他的信暗示他对知识的渴望。
二、词义辨析:
hint,imply,suggest
这些动词均有“暗示”之意。hint指通过时间接而有提示性的话语或表情来暗示某事。imply侧重指话语、行为或情景中的一种暗示,听者或读者必须加以逻辑推断才能领会。suggest指有意或无意的,直接或间接暗示,强调事物的表征等使人引起联想。
三、词义辨析:
hint,implication,suggestion
这些名词均有“暗示,暗指”之意。hint最常用用词,多指无意中的,间接的暗示。implication指对某事不公开发表自己的意见,仅用语言动作或表情表明态度,要对方进行推断。suggestion既可指比较明显的暗示,又可指客观上流露出的迹象。
四、参考例句:
He dropped me a hint over dinner.
我们一起吃饭时他给了我暗示。
Even the official media sometimes hint at this.
甚至官方媒体有时也在暗示这一点。
This hint was enough to bind my hands.
这个暗示已够使我束手无策了。
There was a faraway hint of wanderlust in his expression.
在他的话语中恍惚地暗示他有旅行癖。
There was a hint of schoolboy shyness in his explanation.
他的解释中带有一丝学生的羞涩。
Diana took the hint and left them to it.
戴安娜会意,任由他们自己去解决。
He gave me a hint that I was being cheated.
他暗示我在受人欺骗。
There's a subtle hint of garlic in the sauce.
调味汁里稍微有一点蒜味。
There is no hint quite as strong as, "Do you wanna go out some time "
没有什么比“你愿意和我一起出来玩吗”更强烈的暗示了。
I'd dropped a hint about having an exhibition of his work up here.
我暗示过要在这里举办一次他的作品展。