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Insinuate Enter In'sinjueit V.暗指,暗示 英 V 暗指,暗示(To Hint

单词 insinuate
音标 [in'sinjueit]
解释 v.暗指,暗示
红宝书 【英】 v. 暗指,暗示(to hint or suggest indirectly; imply)
【考】 infiltrate : enter / insinuate : say(渗透是不知不觉进入 /暗示是不知不觉说出)
【记】 in(进入)+sinu(弯曲) +ate→绕弯说出来→ 暗指
【同】 同根词:sinuous(弯 弯曲曲的)
【例】 an insinuating remark(含沙射影的话 )
字源 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.
不择手段背单词 n. 旁敲侧击地说; 含沙射影地说(逐渐阴险地输入某种思想)
【记】in进入, sinu弯曲, ate-绕弯说出来-含沙射影
【参】sinuous(adj 蜿蜒的; 不老实的)
【类】infiltrate: enter = insinuate: say渗透是不知不觉进入 = 含沙射影是不知不觉说出
趣味全助记 【记】in 在里面 + sin 正弦曲线→弯曲 + ate;弯变曲曲地,不是直接地进去→委婉地提出,暗指
【相关】sinuate (sin 数学里正弦曲线sin就是波状的曲线)绕弯说出来→暗指弯弯曲曲的, 波状的

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