单词 | insinuate |
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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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