英语词汇“imply”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

implyimply /ɪmˈplaɪ/ ●●○ W3 AWL verb (implies, implied, implying) [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYimply

Origin: 1300-1400 Old French emplier, from Latin implicare; ➔ IMPLICATE

VERB TABLE

imply

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	imply
	he, she, it	implies
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	implied
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have implied
	he, she, it	has implied
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had implied
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will imply
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have implied

Continuous Form
Present	I	am implying
	he, she, it	is implying
	you, we, they	are implying
Past	I, he, she, it	was implying
	you, we, they	were implying
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been implying
	he, she, it	has been implying
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been implying
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be implying
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been implying

1to suggest that something is true, without saying or showing it directly → infer: an implied threatimply (that) She had not meant to imply that he was lying. → see Word Choice at infer2if a fact, information, event, etc. implies something, it shows that it is likely to be true: imply (that) The radiation in the rocks implies that they are volcanic in origin.3if one thing implies another, the second thing must exist for the first to happen: Democracy implies a respect for freedom of speech.4as the name implies used to give more details about why something has a particular name or why the name is appropriate: The wildlife refuge, as the name implies, is a peaceful natural area full of animals.