implication

英 [ˌɪmplɪˈkeɪʃn]

美 [ˌɪmplɪˈkeɪʃn]

n.  可能的影响(或作用、结果); 含意; 暗指; (被)牵连，牵涉

复数：implications　

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.1627 / COCA.2434

同义词辨析

significanceimplicationimportance【导航词义：意义】

牛津词典

noun

• 可能的影响（或作用、结果）
  a possible effect or result of an action or a decision
  1. The development of the site will have implications for the surrounding countryside.
     这个地点的开发将会影响周围的乡村。
  2. They failed to consider the wider implications of their actions.
     他们没有考虑到他们的行动会产生更广泛的影响。
• 含意；暗指
  something that is suggested or indirectly stated (= sth that is implied)
  1. The implication in his article is that being a housewife is greatly inferior to every other occupation.
     他那篇文章的含意是，当家庭主妇远远不如所有其他职业。
  2. He criticized the Director and, by implication , the whole of the organization.
     他抨击主管，其实是间接批评了整个机构。
• （被）牵连，牵涉
  the fact of being involved, or of involving sb, in sth, especially a crime
  1. He resigned after his implication in a sex scandal.
     他在涉及一件性丑闻之后辞职了。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 可能引发的后果
  The implications ofsomething are the things that are likely to happen as a result.
  1. The Attorney General was aware of the political implications of his decision to prosecute...
     司法部长很清楚他决定起诉可能引发的政治后果。
  2. The low level of current investment has serious implications for future economic growth.
     当前低迷的投资水平会对未来的经济增长产生严重影响。
• N-COUNT 暗示;暗指;含意
  The implicationof a statement, event, or situation is what it implies or suggests is the case.
  1. The implication was obvious: vote for us or it will be very embarrassing for you...
     弦外之音很明显：投票给我们,否则你会非常难堪。
  2. The implication that marital infidelity enhances a leader's credibility is preposterous.
     婚姻不忠会提升领导人可信度的暗示荒谬之极。
• See also:implicate

英英释义

noun

• something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)
  1. his resignation had political implications
  Synonym:deductionentailment
• a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred
  1. the significance of his remark became clear only later
  2. the expectation was spread both by word and by implication
  Synonym:significanceimport
• an accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection
• a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement)
  1. he was suspected of implication in several robberies
• a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form `if p then q'
  Synonym:logical implicationconditional relation

双语例句

• The implication took a while to sink in.
  其中的含意要花点时间才能完全领会。
• The implication that marital infidelity enhances a leader's credibility is preposterous.
  婚姻不忠会提升领导人可信度的暗示荒谬之极。
• The implication is that this battery lasts twice as long as other batteries
  言外之意是，这种电池的寿命是其他品牌电池的两倍。
• The Attorney General was aware of the political implications of his decision to prosecute
  司法部长很清楚他决定起诉可能引发的政治后果。
• This paper explains the proposition and propositional logic, giving the definitions, forms and usages of negation, conjunction, disjunction, implication and equivalence.
  解释命题、命题逻辑和其涉及的否定、合取、析取、蕴涵和等价等定义，同时分析它们的形式和用法。
• In this chapter we develop the implication's of momentum conservation in the motion of a collection of particles.
  在本章中，我们要揭示一个质点集体作运动时动量守恒的含义。
• Section 4 contains a discussion of the implication of the results of Section 2 and 3.
  第4节对第2节和第3节的结果的含义进行了讨论。
• The low level of current investment has serious implications for future economic growth.
  当前低迷的投资水平会对未来的经济增长产生严重影响。
• She accused the party, and by implication, accused its leader too.
  她指责了该政党，也含蓄地指责了其领袖。
• The paper firstly discusses the implication of expected income and the aims of increasing it.
  首先论述了预期收入的含义和增加预期收入的目的。