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implicate

/im-pli-keyt/US // ˈɪm plɪˌkeɪt //UK // (ˈɪmplɪˌkeɪt) //

牵连,牵扯,拖累,牵制

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    im·pli·cat·ed, im·pli·cat·ing.

    • : to show to be also involved, usually in an incriminating manner:to be implicated in a crime.
    • : to imply as a necessary circumstance, or as something to be inferred or understood.
    • : to connect or relate to intimately; affect as a consequence: The malfunctioning of one part of the nervous system implicates another part.
    • : Archaic. to fold or twist together; intertwine; interlace.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbimply, involve
Forms: implicated

Examples

  • Shining lights into dark and secret worlds and speaking truth to power comes with great risk, and here it was an even greater risk—because it directly implicated him.

  • The lawsuit also says 48 cases of sexual harassment had been reported over the previous two years, including 13 that implicated senior managers or executives.

  • The article directly implicated Google Local results and the ease of how unsavory people game them to commit fraud.

  • Fleer is hardly the first sheriff’s employee to be implicated in sexual misconduct.

  • While systole activated inhibitory brain regions, it also activated the amygdala, an area implicated in the experience of fear.

  • Though there are many claims that implicate it in improved brain function, the evidence in support of this finding is tenuous.

  • In Illinois, which houses some of the tougher DUI laws in the nation, even smoking a joint a week before can implicate you.

  • Several lines of scientific evidence have begun to implicate genes that control dopamine.

  • Because misogynist monsters always implicate themselves in crimes to protect women.

  • Pointing fingers, he stated “the people that I trusted to run it” are the ones to implicate.

  • She was trying to find some explanation that would clear the boss, and perhaps implicate the Hatch crowd.

  • He knew that the whole complex machinery of Scotland Yard was working, and working at top speed, to implicate him in the tragedy.

  • You might have done me the service of not excusing yourself to the squire when he came here, in such a way as to implicate me.

  • If I were to expose Flemming, it would implicate Thornton, and that seemed too much of a retaliation.

  • It would be a dangerous document in case he should be searched; for its contents would expose him, and implicate others.