"not a breath of scandal ever touched her"
"he had no inkling what was about to happen"
1.暗示;提示
Anintimation is an indirect suggestion or sign that something is likely to happen or be true.
e.g. ...intimations of mortality...
濒临死亡的征兆
e.g. I did not have anyintimation that he was going to resign.
我一点儿都不知道他要辞职。
1. 暗示:后来,奥克肖特用暗示(intimation)来表明这种知识传授的特点. 奥克肖特认为理性主义者把理性变成技术,而否认实践知识具有认识论的价值. 为什么理性主义者迷恋技术呢?在理性主义者看来,知识具有确定性、自足性和自我完成性特点,
2. 告知:intimate zone 亲密区 |intimation 告知 | intimidate 威胁
3. intimation
3. 告知;暗示:intimatecontact 最紧密接触 |intimation 告知;暗示 | intolerablecontamination 超容许标准的污染
4. 讽示:intimal 内层的 |intimation 讽示 | intimepromptlywithoutdelaytimely 及时
他的医生没有透露他的病情很严重。
...intimations of mortality...濒临死亡的征兆
I did not have any intimation that he was going to resign.我一点儿都不知道他要辞职。
Hopkins sent me the earliest intimation.霍普金斯最先将情况通知我.
Rushton gave him the plans with an intimation that the work was to be proceeded with.拉什顿把计划交给他,通知他可以开工了.
At this intimation the Gun club merely shrugged its shoulders and returned to its great work.听了这个消息,大炮俱乐部的会员们只耸了耸肩膀,就继续进行伟大的工作去了.
Brown gave no intimation that he had heard anything.布朗象没有听见似的,无任何表示.
This intimation seemed to compose in some degree the vehement passion of the old hag.这番交代似乎使老妖婆的无名怒火稍微平息了一点.
Still he had a strange prescience , an intimation of something yet to come.不过他有一种奇特的预感, 感到了某件事情就要发生!
Its first intimation of death came as long ago as 1993.死亡的第一丝征兆早在1993年便已显现.
He had then not the least intimation of my intention to set up there or anywhere.当时我想在这里或别的地方创业的想法他一点也不知道的.
Every effort is the best excellent intimation. A drop of sweat is the moist opportunity.每一次努力都是最优秀的亲切, 每一滴汗水都是基于的滋润.
A frown is often an intimation of disapproval.皱眉头常常表示不赞许.
Mrs. Reynolds's respect for Elizabeth seemed to increase on this intimation of her knowing her master.雷诺奶奶听到伊丽莎白跟她主人相熟,便好象益发敬重她.
They were too proud to give any intimation of their financial difficulties.他们太骄傲,不敢让别人知道他们的财政困难.
The flames rising over the city gave to Aeneas some intimation of the fatal event.城市上空升起的火焰多少向埃涅阿斯暗示了不祥的事件.
The wily Edomite was aroused at the intimation of a possible rival.这狡猾的以东人敏感地觉察到有政敌兴起的可能,便坐立不安.
As a design arts, material design is popular today for its intimation, quality and visual shock.作为设计艺术的一个分支, 材料设计以其亲近感 、 质地感和强烈的视觉冲击力,成为当代新兴的艺术创作领域.
It is a faint intimation , yet so are the first streaks of morning.这是一个隐隐约约的暗示,好像黎明的微光一样.
Only Americans fully share his intimation.只有美国人才能完全同意他的说法.
There was no intimation from his doctor that his condition was serious.他的医生没有透露他的病情很严重。
I did not have any intimation that he was going to resign.我一点儿都不知道他要辞职。