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1. A frown is often an intimation of disapproval.
皱眉头常常表示不赞许。
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. 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
1. 暗示;提示
An intimation 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 any intimation that he was going to resign.
我一点儿都不知道他要辞职。
noun
1. a slight suggestion or vague understanding
e.g. he had no inkling what was about to happen
Synonym: inklingglimmeringglimmer
2. an indirect suggestion
e.g. not a breath of scandal ever touched her