inkling
英 [ˈɪŋklɪŋ]
美 [ˈɪŋklɪŋ]
n. (对正在或即将发生的事的)略知
复数：inklings
BNC.14460 / COCA.15544
牛津词典
noun
- （对正在或即将发生的事的）略知
a slight knowledge of sth that is happening or about to happen- He had no inkling of what was going on.
他对正在发生的事情一无所知。 - The first inkling I had that something was wrong was when I found the front door wide open.
我发现前门大开着时就隐约感觉到出了事。
- He had no inkling of what was going on.
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 略知;模糊的概念
If you havean inkling ofsomething, you have a vague idea about it.- I had no inkling of his real purpose until much later...
直到后来很久我才对他的真实目的略知一二。 - We had an inkling that something might be happening.
我们隐约感觉可能正有什么事情发生。
- I had no inkling of his real purpose until much later...
英英释义
noun
- a slight suggestion or vague understanding
- he had no inkling what was about to happen
双语例句
- When a poor man is to lose his only child, he likes to have an inkling of it beforehand.
当一个可怜的人要失去他唯一的孩子时，他希望事先得到一个暗示。 - Maybe that should have given you an inkling.
也许这能给你一点提示。 - Investigators have only an inkling of how many phytochemicals exist and how they work.
调查人员只对它们的多少以及它们是如何工作的情况略知端倪。 - I've got an inkling of what is happening.
我对目前发生的事略有所知。 - Did you ever get an inkling that she wasn't happy working on the show?
你有没有感觉她在这个剧中干得并不愉快？ - Mr Stratton says companies should have an inkling of problems brewing.
斯特拉顿表示，公司应该对酝酿中的问题略有所知。 - But if you feel even the slightest inkling of a sneeze.
可只要你有一点点要打喷嚏的感觉。 - I had an inkling of what he intended to do.
我略知他打算做什麽。 - The LCROSS results give only an inkling of where the water might have come from.
关于这些水有可能来自哪里，LCROSS的研究成果只是略微给出一点提示。 - I have no inkling about the examination results, we shall all have to wait and see.
对考试结果我一无所知，我们只有等等才全知道。