indicate
英 ['ɪndɪkeɪt]
美 ['ɪndɪket]
助記提示
1. be indicated of 提示的.
2. 爹地奉獻一生(dedicate).
3. 構詞法：‐ate v. ‐> ‐ation n./‐ative adj. ‐ate adj ‐> ‐acy n.
4. in(在...裏麵) + di(諧音“弟弟”) => 裏麵的弟弟給你提示、暗示。
中文詞源
indicate 指示，暗示來自拉丁語indicare,指出，說明，來自in-,進入，使，-dic,指出，說，詞源同digit,index.引申詞義指示，暗示。
英文詞源
- indicate
- indicate: [17] Like index, indicate has its origins in the Latin stem *dik- ‘point out’. In this case the base form was the verbal derivative dicāre ‘proclaim’ (ultimate ancestor also of English abdicate [16], dedicate [15] and predicate [16]), which with the addition of the prefix inproduced indicāre ‘show’ – which English adopted as indicate.
First cousin of Latin dicāre was dīcere ‘say’ (source of English diction, dictionary, etc). Addition of the prefix in- to this produced indīcere ‘proclaim’, which formed the basis of Vulgar Latin *indictāre ‘declare, dictate’. This has given English two separate verbs: via Old French enditier the now archaic indite [14]; and via Anglo-Norman enditer, with subsequent latinization of the spelling, indict [14].
=> abdicate, dedicate, predicate - indicate (v.)
- 1650s, back-formation from indication, or else from Latin indicatus, past participle of indicare "to point out, show, indicate, declare" (see indication). Related: Indicated; indicating.
雙語例句
- 1. Ballpark estimates indicate a price tag of $90 million a month.
- 大致的估計費用為每月9,000萬美元。
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- 2. Surveys indicate that supporters of the treaty are still in the majority.
- 調查表明，該條約的支持者仍然占大多數。
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- 3. The last figures so far this year indicate a rise of 13.8%.
- 今年到目前為止的最新數據顯示增長了13.8%。
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- 4. He told us when to indicate and when to change gear.
- 他告訴我們何時打轉向燈、何時換擋。
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- 5. Greg made a vague gesture to indicate how much.
- 格雷格做了一個含糊的手勢表示有多少。
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