Another tendency of many Japanese that bothers foreigners is to make statements that are too general and too broad by using or implying words like "all" and "every".
imply
Are you implying something?
imply
He could hardly comprehend what she was implying.
imply
"Is that implying that I go get some sugar in me and then work more?" "Er?" "No, sorry. I'm just sulking a bit."
imply
So what are you implying?
imply
What are you implying?
imply
What does his silence imply?
imply
What does "There is a tide" imply? (Shakespeare's Julius Caesar)
[ツケがまわってくる(ツケが回って来る);つけがまわってくる(付けが回って来る), tsuke gamawattekuru ( tsuke ga mawatte kuru ); tsukegamawattekuru ( duke ga mawatte] (exp,vk) the bill will come due (expression used to imply that someone will eventually have to pay the price for their misdeeds) [Add to Longdo]
[おくばにものがはさまる, okubanimonogahasamaru] (exp,v5r) to talk around something (exp. derived from having something stuck in your back teeth and thus be unable to speak clearly); to imply something in a roundabout way [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Imply \Im*ply"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Implied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Implying}.] [From the same source as employ. See {Employ},
{Ply}, and cf. {Implicate}, {Apply}.]
1. To infold or involve; to wrap up. [Obs.] "His head in
curls implied." --Chapman.
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2. To involve in substance or essence, or by fair inference,
or by construction of law, when not include virtually; as,
war implies fighting.
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Where a malicious act is proved, a malicious
intention is implied. --Bp.
Sherlock.
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When a man employs a laborer to work for him, . . .
the act of hiring implies an obligation and a
promise that he shall pay him a reasonable reward
for his services. --Blackstone.
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3. To refer, ascribe, or attribute. [Obs.]
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Whence might this distaste arise?
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If [from] neither your perverse and peevish will.
To which I most imply it. --J. Webster.
Syn: To involve; include; comprise; import; mean; denote;
signify; betoken. See {Involve}.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
imply
v 1: express or state indirectly [syn: {imply}, {connote}]
2: suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic
3: have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that
we have to stop taking long showers" [syn: {entail}, {imply},
{mean}]
4: suggest that someone is guilty [syn: {incriminate}, {imply},
{inculpate}]
5: have as a necessary feature; "This decision involves many
changes" [syn: {imply}, {involve}]
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
