| 词汇 | hinting |
| 释义 | hinting present participle ofhint hint verb[ I ] uk /hɪnt/ us /hɪnt/ to say or do something that shows what you think or want, usually in a way that is not direct: 暗示 [ + (that) ]Mum's hinted (that) she might pay for my trip to Mexico.妈妈暗示她或许可以资助我的墨西哥之行。 hint atHe's hinted at the possibility of moving to Canada.他暗示过有可能移居加拿大。 Compare suggest My boss hinted that I'm being considered for promotion. The minister hinted that he was about to resign. They've been hinting at the possibility of launching a take-over bid. Sometimes it's better to hint at the truth rather than state it directly. The report hinted at the likely outcome. Suggestions & proposals about bounce something off someone can't co-sponsor co-sponsorship drop if you take my meaningidiom make noisesidiom maybe move mover nod nomination on the tableidiom proposition put ideas into someone's headidiom put someone to somethingidiom put something in put something up resubmission Examples of hintinghinting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. In fact lowering of prices and profits, though not significant, has shown a negative relation, hinting that such competition may decrease performance. There are occasional illustrations, and the print varies in size and direction, hinting at a high-tech medium that has been compressed into book form. In this stress on the blood relationship he was hinting at a common genetic inheritance. In the scenes provided in the hinting task only limited contextual detail is provided and so context must be constructed to some extent. With increasing proficiency, they decreased the direct strategies-mainly their use of imperatives-and showed little change in the hinting strategies. It was also hinting strongly that publicly provided assets, especially land, ought to remain within the public sphere. The texts pretend innocence while hinting at existential terror: so does the music, in its ever-obliging fashion. The disciplinary distribution index is medium to medium-to-high, hinting at a medium-to-low level of vigilance and group pressure within the social systems of the respective communities. Perot support is associated with challenger votes too, hinting that districts that support minor-party presidential candidates harbour more general anti-incumbent sentiment as well. The new vestry74 had 'heard' that there was no reason to continue paying the pauper, hinting at fraud but also exposing a system prone to rumour and uncertainty. Talk about hinting, giving an impression and failure to deny. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is hinting that these councils can interpret their duty in different ways. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For years now every government have been nudging and hinting at the universities to cut expenditure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Was he hinting at the use of special deposits? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The remedy which he had first so proudly claimed paternity for he is now rather hinting is an illegitimate child. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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