implication
implication
noun
by implication
implicational
adjective
语源
noun
- the conclusion that can be drawn from something although it is not explicitly stated
含意，暗示
the implication is that no one person at the bank is responsible.
其含意就是，没有一个银行人员是有责任感的。
■a likely consequence of something
可能的后果
a victory which had important political implications.
有重大政治后果的胜利。 - [mass noun]the action or state of being involved in something
牵连
our implication in the problems.
我们在这些问题里的牵连。
by implication
- by what is implied or suggested rather than by formal expression
含蓄地，通过暗示
he criticized her and, by implication, her country.
他批评了她，并含蓄地批评了她的国家。
implicational
adjective
语源
- late Middle English (in the sense 'entwining, being entwined'): from Latin implicatio(n-), from the verb implicare (see implicate)
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