implying

英 [ɪmˈplaɪɪŋ]

美 [ɪmˈplaɪɪŋ]

v.  含有…的意思; 暗示; 暗指; 说明; 表明; 必然包含; 使有必要
imply的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• VERB 暗指;暗示
  If youimply thatsomething is the case, you say something which indicates that it is the case in an indirect way.
  1. 'Are you implying that I have something to do with those attacks?' she asked coldly...
     “你在暗示我和那些袭击有关吗？”她冷冷地问。
  2. She felt undermined by the implied criticism.
     她觉得这一含沙射影的批评对自己造成了不利影响。
• VERB 含有…的意思;意味着
  If an event or situationimpliesthat something is the case, it makes you think it likely that it is the case.
  1. Exports in June rose 1.5%, implying that the economy was stronger than many investors had realized...
     6 月份出口上升 1.5%,表明经济比许多投资者所认为的更要坚挺。
  2. A 'frontier-free' Europe implies a greatly increased market for all economic operators.
     “无国界的”欧洲对所有经营者来说都意味着一个大大扩展了的市场。

Do not confuseimplyandinfer. If youimplythat something is the case, you suggest that it is the case without actually saying so.Rose's barrister implied that he had married her for her money.If youinferthat something is the case, you decide that it must be the case because of what you know, but without actually being told.From this simple statement I could infer a lot about his wife.Note that some English speakers useinferwith the same meaning asimply, but this is considered incorrect by careful speakers.
不要混淆 imply 和 infer。imply 指不加以明说, 但通过暗示表明某事为事实：Rose's barrister implied that he had married her for her money (罗丝的律师暗示他当初娶她是为了她的钱财)。infer 表示在没有被明确告知的情况下, 根据已知信息推断某事是事实：From this simple statement I could infer a lot about his wife (从这一简单的陈述中我能推断出关于他妻子的很多情况)。注意：某些英语使用者把 infer 与 imply 等同使用, 但讲究字句的英语使用者认为这种用法不妥。

双语例句

• Are you implying that you're not nice?
  你是暗示你不漂亮吗？
• Yet the associated data must be consistent, implying a need for data synchronization.
  然而关联的数据必须是一致的，这意味着需要进行数据同步。
• They are the same two products implying the purchase of each other.
  它们是两个相同的产品，暗含着互相购买。
• But I would rather interpret this as implying that people's sense of happiness and satisfaction results from what they have achieved, including what is new and what is different.
  但我更愿意对这一古谚作这样的解读，即人们的幸福感与满足感缘起于他们所已取得的成就，包括已经取得了的“新”和“异”的成就。
• You're implying something about my helmet?
  你是在暗指我的头盔吗？
• Because that "new," implying all that hope and promise.
  因为'新'意味着希望和梦想。
• I deeply resent you implying that I would be involved in anything like that.
  你暗示说我会卷入那样的事，我对些深表不满。
• I mean, for a poet, the composition of a long poem, implying a momentous poetic behavior.
  我的意思是，对于一个诗人而言，一首长诗的写作，意味着一次重大的诗歌行为。
• I know that they are implying that I do not look my age, stage of the young people have.
  我知道他们是在暗示我看起来没有我这个年龄阶段的人所拥有的年轻。
• Is he implying Thai did?
  他说是我干的了？