intimation 音标拼音: [
, ɪntəm'eʃən]
n . 暗示,讽示,通知
暗示,讽示,通知
intimation n 1 :
an indirect suggestion ; "
not a breath of scandal ever touched her " [
synonym : {
hint }, {
intimation }, {
breath }]
2 :
a slight suggestion or vague understanding ; "
he had no inkling what was about to happen " [
synonym : {
inkling },
{
intimation }, {
glimmering }, {
glimmer }]
Intimation \
In `
ti *
ma "
tion \,
n . [
L .
intimatio :
cf .
F .
intimation .]
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1 .
The act of intimating ;
also ,
the thing intimated .
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2 .
Announcement ;
declaration . --
Macaulay .
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They made an edict with an intimation that whosoever killed a stork ,
should be banished . --
Holland .
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3 .
A hint ;
an obscure or indirect suggestion or notice ;
a remote or ambiguous reference ;
as ,
he had given only intimations of his design .
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Without mentioning the king of England ,
or giving the least intimation that he was sent by him . --
Bp .
Burnet .
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117 Moby Thesaurus words for "
intimation ":
allegory ,
allusion ,
arcane meaning ,
assumption ,
bare suggestion ,
breath ,
broad hint ,
cast ,
catchword ,
clue ,
coloration ,
connotation ,
cue ,
cue word ,
dash ,
evidence ,
feeling ,
foreboding ,
forefeeling ,
funny feeling ,
gentle hint ,
gesture ,
gleam ,
glimmer ,
glimmering ,
half an idea ,
hazy idea ,
hint ,
hot lead ,
hunch ,
idea ,
implication ,
implied meaning ,
import ,
impression ,
index ,
indication ,
inference ,
infusion ,
inkling ,
innuendo ,
insinuation ,
intuition ,
intuitive impression ,
ironic suggestion ,
key ,
key word ,
kick ,
lead ,
lick ,
look ,
meaning ,
mere notion ,
metaphorical sense ,
nod ,
notion ,
nuance ,
nudge ,
occult meaning ,
overtone ,
preapprehension ,
premonition ,
presentiment ,
presumption ,
presupposition ,
prompt ,
sauce ,
scent ,
scintilla ,
seasoning ,
shade ,
shadow ,
sign ,
signal ,
sip ,
smack ,
smattering ,
smell ,
sneaking suspicion ,
soupcon ,
spark ,
spice ,
spoor ,
sprinkling ,
strain ,
streak ,
subsense ,
subsidiary sense ,
suggestion ,
sup ,
supposition ,
suspicion ,
symbolism ,
symptom ,
taint ,
taste ,
telltale ,
tempering ,
thought ,
tinct ,
tincture ,
tinge ,
tint ,
tip -
off ,
touch ,
trace ,
track ,
undercurrent ,
undermeaning ,
undertone ,
vague feeling ,
vague idea ,
vestige ,
whiff ,
whisper ,
wind ,
wink INTIMATION ,
civil law .
The name of any judicial act by which a notice of a legal proceeding .
is given to some one ;
but it is more usually understood to mean the notice or summons which an appellant causes to be given to the opposite party ,
that the sentence will be reviewed by the superior judge .
2 .
In the Scotch law ,
it is an instrument ,
of writing ,
made under the hand of a notary ,
and notified to a party ,
to inform him of a right which a third person had acquired ;
for example ,
when a creditor assigns a claim against his debtor ,
the assignee or cedent must give an intimation of this to the debtor ,
who ,
till then ,
is justified in making payment to the original creditor .
Kames '
Eq .
B .
1 ,
p .
1 ,
s .
1 .
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