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词汇 insinuation
释义 insinuation
noun[ C or U ]
uk /ɪnˌsɪn.juˈeɪ.ʃən/ us /ɪnˌsɪn.juˈeɪ.ʃən/
the action of suggesting, without being direct, that something unpleasant is true: 影射
[ + that ]We resent these insinuations that we are not capable of leading the company forward.我们很讨厌那些影射我们无法领导公司进步的说法。
I reject the insinuation behind your question.我拒绝你的问题背后的影射之意。
Synonyms
hint(INDIRECT STATEMENT)
implication
imputationformal
indication(SIGN)
innuendo
intimationformal
suggestion
See
insinuate
He looked insulted by her insinuation.
She denies all other allegations and insinuations.
He admitted that such insinuation used to bother him.
The article was nothing but innuendo and insinuation.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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about
bounce something off someone
can't
co-sponsor
co-sponsorship
drop
imply
make noisesidiom
maybe
move
mover
nomination
on the tableidiom
proposition
put someone to somethingidiom
put something in
put something up
resubmission
resubmit
table

Examples of insinuation


insinuation
In truth, his efforts meet with a lack of evidence in this period, too, which he fills with assumptions and insinuations.
Not all will be convinced by his argument by insinuation, but the case is well put.
Through insinuations of avarice, especially incriminating when a tribesman's generosity is a mark of honor, a subtle, ironic inversion of valuation is intimated.
The insinuation is that she is a second-class citizen.
I find the insinuation in the rhymes of this version both unfunny and offensive.
One exceptionally potent source for these insinuations is the recording industry in its attempts to control markets.
In these other cases, though, there are no incontrovertible witnesses to summon to the bar, as we did here, to testify to the hollowness of the insinuations.
Dramatists of the time often seem quite deliberately to have chosen either to adapt old plays or to base their plots on safely remote history when making risky insinuations.
There is no foundation for the insinuation contained in the last part of the question.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
Here, insinuations have been made which are completely unproven.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
I say that one fact annihilates all the suspicion, all the insinuation, and all the innuendo we find here and everywhere else.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
In short, the motion of censure is based on a gratuitous insinuation.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
In my view we might have done without such insinuations on the part of an all too candid friend.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
What possible justification can there be for all this insinuation and slander?
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
Our view, to which we adhere, is that qualifying bodies would have regard to solid evidence rather than to hints or insinuations.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
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