implication

implication

[.impli'keiʃən]

n.牵连, 含意, 暗示, 卷入

例句与用法：

The new report has far-reaching implications for the future of broadcasting.

这一新报告对广播业的前途有些意味深长的暗示。

The trial resulted in the implication of several major figures in the organization.

审讯结果表明这个组织中几个主要人物都牵连在案。

Study the implications of the president's statement.

研究总统声明的含意。

Failure to say `No' may, by implication, be taken to mean `Yes'.

没表示否定，其含义可能理解为是肯定的。

词形变化：

形容词: implica-tive | 副词: implicatively |

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n.

1. 牵连; 涉及; 卷入[U][(+in)]

The driver's implication in the crime was never proved.

司机与那起案件有牵连一事从未得到证实。

2. 含义; 言外之意; 暗示[C][U][+that][(+for)]

Did you gather the implications of her remark?

你猜到她那番话的含义了吗?

I resent your implication that my work is unsatisfactory.

我讨厌你这话的弦外之音, 似乎我的工作不能令人满意。

3. 【逻】蕴涵

短语词组：

by implication

1. 含蓄地; 暗示地

He seemed by implication to acknowledge that fact.

他似乎含蓄地承认了那事实。