/ɪmˈplaɪ ||; ɪmˈplaɪ/verb
[T] (present participleimplyingthird person singular presentimplies;past tensepast participleimplied) to suggest sth in an indirect way or without actually saying it 暗示:
He didn't say so -- but he implied that I was lying.虽然他没有直说,但在暗示我扯谎。☞noun implication 名词为implication
imply/ImˋplaI; ImˈplaI/v [T] implied , implying , implies to suggest that something is true without saying or showing it directly [→ infer] 暗示﹐暗指: +(that) He implied that the money had been stolen. 他暗示说钱被偷了。High profits do not necessarily imply efficiency. 高利润不一定意味着高效率。see box at见 SAY1 方框
implyimplyimpliesimpliedimplyingverb (implies, implying, implied/, has implied)to suggest something without actually saying it: He asked if I had any work to do. He was implying that I was lazy.