| 单词 | suggest |
| 释义 | suggest (once / 34 pages) v To suggest is to propose or hint. If you suggest going out for ice cream, nobody's going to object. If you suggest that your sister should get the frozen yogurt instead, she might think you are suggesting something about her weight. The verb suggest is also used when people speak about scientific research. Experimental results are often used to suggest whether a theory might be correct. For example, if a patient takes a new drug and starts feeling better, that will suggest the drug is working. Suggest can also mean to drop a hint. If you find a polite way to suggest that the pot roast is inedible, you don't come out and declare it directly. You wouldn't want to hurt Mom's feelings. WORD FAMILYsuggest: suggested, suggester, suggestible, suggesting, suggestion, suggestive, suggests+/suggester: suggesters/suggestible: suggestibility/suggestion: self-suggestion, suggestions/suggestive: suggestively USAGE EXAMPLESAfterward, Banner suggested that it was one of the most important wins in USC history. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) Last week, a survey for Uswitch suggested that consumers will carry an average outstanding sum of £636 on their credit cards into the New Year. BBC(Jan 03, 2017) One of my customers suggested that I put them in an old medicine bottle taped to the plug cord. Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016) 1v make a proposal; declare a plan for something Syn|Hypo|Hyper advise, propose advocate, recommend, urge push for something advance, throw outbring forward for consideration or acceptance propositionsuggest sex to feed backrespond to a query or outcome posit, put forward, state, submitput before make a motion, movepropose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting declare state emphatically and authoritatively 2v call to mind Syn|Hypo|Hyper evoke, paint a picture reek, smack, smell have an element suggestive (of something) imply, incriminate, inculpatesuggest that someone is guilty evince, express, show give expression to 3v imply as a possibility The evidence suggests a need for more clarification Syn|Hypo|Hyper intimate make out imply or suggest imply suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic 4v drop a hint; intimate by a hint Syn|Hypo|Hyper hint adumbrate, insinuate, intimate give to understand clue inprovide someone with a clue advert, allude, touchmake a more or less disguised reference to convey make known; pass on, of information 5v suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine Syn|Ant|Hyper indicate contraindicate make a treatment inadvisable inform impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to |
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