implication
英 [ɪmplɪ'keɪʃ(ə)n]
美 ['ɪmplɪ'keʃən]
- n. 意味; 意味合い; 意味合い、関与; 起こりうる結果、効果
語源
暗示 implicate, implicateimplicationから、暗示する、巻き込む。
英語の語源
- implication (n.)
- early 15c., "action of entangling," from Latin implicationem (nominative implicatio) "interweaving, entanglement," from past participle stem of implicare "involve, entangle, connect closely," from assimilated form of in- "into, in, on, upon" (see in- (2)) + plicare "to fold" (see ply (v.1)). Meaning "something implied (but not expressed)" is from 1550s.
例文
- 1. The implication that marital infidelity enhances a leader 's credibility is prepsterous.結婚不忠は指導者の信頼性を高めるという暗示はでたらめだ。
- 2.The implication was plain,if left unstated.
- その意味は言うまでもない。
- 3.The implication took a while to sink in.
- その意味を完全に理解するには時間がかかります。
- 4.He smiled,with the implication that he didn 't believe me.
- 彼は微笑み、私を信じないことを暗示した。
- 5.He is by implication requesting me to resign.
- 彼は私に辞職するように合図した。
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