insinuate
英 [ɪn'sɪnjʊeɪt]
美 [ɪn'sɪnjuet]
- vt. 暗示；使逐漸而巧妙地取得；使迂回地潛入
- vi. 暗諷；說含沙射影的話
助記提示
1. in- "in" + sinu- + -ate.
2. => bring in by windings and curvings, wind one's way into.
3. => introduce tortuously or indirectly.
4. 也就是不直接說，而是拐彎抹角地說。
中文詞源
insinuate 影射，旁敲側擊in-,進入，使，-sin,彎曲，詞源同sine,sinuous.引申詞義影射，旁敲側擊。
英文詞源
- insinuate (v.)
- 1520s, from Latin insinuatus, past participle of insinuare "to throw in, push in, make a way; creep in, intrude, bring in by windings and curvings, wind one's way into," from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + sinuare "to wind, bend, curve," from sinus "a curve, winding" (see sinus). Sense of "to introduce tortuously or indirectly" is from 1640s. Related: Insinuated; insinuating; insinuatingly.
雙語例句
- 1. He tried to insinuate himself into the boss's favor.
- 他設法巧妙地漸漸取得老板的歡心.
來自辭典例句
- 2. It'seems to me you insinuate things about her.
- 我覺得你講起她來,總有些弦外之音.
來自辭典例句
- 3. And do you mean to insinuate that there is not a sort of devotion in that?
- 難道你還能拐彎兒抹角兒地說這不算是赤膽忠心 嗎 ?
來自辭典例句
- 4. I insinuate to her a thousand hints , which, as she is perfectly spiritual, she receives.
- 我已把我的情愫千百次灌注到她的心頭, 她既是完美精神的化身, 就能理解我的心意.
來自辭典例句
- 5. He was very deferential. He was not trying to insinuate himself.
- 同時他隻是慣於順從的做這些事,而不是主觀行為.
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