implicate

implicate
verb
[with obj.]

show (someone) to be involved in a crime
表明（某人）涉案
police claims implicated him in many more killings.
警方的声明表明他涉嫌多起谋杀。
■(be implicated in)bear some of the responsibility for (an action or process, especially a criminal or harmful one)
对…负一定责任
the team believe he is heavily implicated in the bombing.
工作队相信，他对轰炸负有重大责任。
a chemical implicated in ozone depletion.
对臭氧损耗负有一定责任的一种化学品。
[with clause]convey (a meaning or intention) indirectly through what one says, rather than stating it explicitly
暗指，暗示
by saying that coffee would keep her awake, Mary implicated that she didn't want any.
玛丽说咖啡会让她睡不着，以此暗示她不要喝了。

noun

派生
implicative
[ɪmˈplɪkətɪv]
adjective
implicatively
adverb
语源

late Middle English: from Latin implicatus 'folded in', past participle of implicare (see imply). The original sense was 'entwine, entangle'; compare with employ and imply. The earliest modern sense (sense 2), dates from the early 17th cent., but appears earlier in implication

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