| 单词 | implicate |
| 释义 | implicate (once / 1829 pages) v The verb implicate means "to connect or involve in something." For example, your cousins might implicate you in the planning of a big party for your grandparents. Implicate comes from the Latin word implicare, meaning "to entwine, involve." When you implicate someone, you bring him or her into a group or to pitch in on a project. Implicate can have criminal connotations when it means "to connect in an incriminating manner," like when detectives figure out who drove the getaway car in the bank robbery — that person will be implicated for his or her role in the crime. WORD FAMILYimplicate: implicated, implicates, implicating USAGE EXAMPLESBut “Lion” raises broader issues of identity — ethnic and otherwise — that are implicated in most human stories. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) No Columbus officials were implicated in the scheme. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) There is no suggestion that Trump or his companies were implicated in the inquiry. Washington Post(Dec 26, 2016) 1v bring into intimate and incriminating connection He is implicated in the scheme to defraud the government Hyper affect, involve, regard connect closely and often incriminatingly 2v impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result Syn|Hyper entail lead tend to or result in |
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