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implication

/im-pli-key-shuhn/US // ˌɪm plɪˈkeɪ ʃən //UK // (ˌɪmplɪˈkeɪʃən) //

意味着,寓意,暗示

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : something implied or suggested as naturally to be inferred or understood: to resent an implication of dishonesty.
    • : the act of implying: His implication of immediate changes surprised us.
    • : the state of being implied: to know only by implication.
    • : Logic. the relation that holds between two propositions, or classes of propositions, in virtue of which one is logically deducible from the other.
    • : the act of implicating or indicating that one or more persons may be involved, as in a crime: The implication of his accomplices came only after hours of grueling questioning by the police.
    • : the state of being implicated: We recently heard of his implication in a conspiracy.
    • : Usually implications. relationships of a close or intimate nature; involvements: the religious implications of ancient astrology.

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Examples

  • That has profound implications for people in California and, more fundamentally, how we manage infrastructure.

  • By implication, the believers are saying that these vaunted names will generate enormous returns on the 20% of earnings they’re keeping to grow the business.

  • The Northern Isles deployment confirmed their hypothesis, which could have implications for data centers on land.

  • Sitting in my own backyard one afternoon this summer, my wife and I talked through the implications of this looming American future.

  • Not to mention, the financial implications to you and your client.

  • Outside of the absurdity of “blood splatter” flying through the air is the implication that Ebola can be “breathed” at all.

  • The implication is that she might even have assisted her husband inflicting his superficial wounds.

  • The implication of some German news stories is that he was almost a charity case.

  • The bottom-line implication of such remarks: Putin will not let that happen again; and the crisis will go on.

  • Yet another important barrier to addressing this issue is the implication for statin sales.

  • Lady Hartledon understood the implication; she felt nettled, and a flush rose to her face.

  • I learnt it—I can hardly tell you how I learnt it—by implication, I think; for it was never expressly told me.

  • It is the implication that there is a spiritual discernment which is distinct from mental discernment.

  • The softness of the implication she swept aside, as if she hardly dared regard it lest it weaken her resolve.

  • I think it possesses this authority, both by necessary implication and by express grant.