implied

英 [ɪmˈplaɪd]

美 [ɪmˈplaɪd]

v.  含有…的意思; 暗示; 暗指; 说明; 表明; 必然包含; 使有必要
imply的过去分词和过去式

过去式：implied　过去分词：implied　

经济

BNC.7355 / COCA.13297

柯林斯词典

• VERB 暗指;暗示
  If youimply thatsomething is the case, you say something which indicates that it is the case in an indirect way.
  1. 'Are you implying that I have something to do with those attacks?' she asked coldly...
     “你在暗示我和那些袭击有关吗？”她冷冷地问。
  2. She felt undermined by the implied criticism.
     她觉得这一含沙射影的批评对自己造成了不利影响。
• VERB 含有…的意思;意味着
  If an event or situationimpliesthat something is the case, it makes you think it likely that it is the case.
  1. Exports in June rose 1.5%, implying that the economy was stronger than many investors had realized...
     6 月份出口上升 1.5%,表明经济比许多投资者所认为的更要坚挺。
  2. A 'frontier-free' Europe implies a greatly increased market for all economic operators.
     “无国界的”欧洲对所有经营者来说都意味着一个大大扩展了的市场。

Do not confuseimplyandinfer. If youimplythat something is the case, you suggest that it is the case without actually saying so.Rose's barrister implied that he had married her for her money.If youinferthat something is the case, you decide that it must be the case because of what you know, but without actually being told.From this simple statement I could infer a lot about his wife.Note that some English speakers useinferwith the same meaning asimply, but this is considered incorrect by careful speakers.
不要混淆 imply 和 infer。imply 指不加以明说, 但通过暗示表明某事为事实：Rose's barrister implied that he had married her for her money (罗丝的律师暗示他当初娶她是为了她的钱财)。infer 表示在没有被明确告知的情况下, 根据已知信息推断某事是事实：From this simple statement I could infer a lot about his wife (从这一简单的陈述中我能推断出关于他妻子的很多情况)。注意：某些英语使用者把 infer 与 imply 等同使用, 但讲究字句的英语使用者认为这种用法不妥。

双语例句

• Deep thoughts were implied in his simple words.
  他的话虽然简短，却含蓄着深刻的思想。
• All three are implied by Einstein's relativity theory.
  这三个都是爱因斯坦的相对论中的主要观点。
• Supplying a key value implied an update to existing data in the registry.
  提供一个键值意味着对注册中心中现有的数据进行更新。
• An arbitrary amount of information whose beginning and end are defined or implied.
  一组任意量的信息，其起始和结束是确定的或隐含的。
• She implied that she knew more that she had told the reporters.
  她暗示她知道的要比告诉记者的多。
• Not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied.
  与已经提及或暗指的不是同一个或同一批的。
• It is implied that adaptiveness and inventiveness of the early American mechanics.
  文中暗示了美国早期技工的适应性和创造性。
• I am not saying one should not, or one should-but what is implied in self-expression;
  我不是说一个人该不该的问题，而是在这种自我表达中蕴涵着什么？
• An implied conclusion or judgment.
  一个隐含的结论或判断。
• There is an important issue implied in the question that ought to be clarified before I attempt a response.
  在我尝试回答之前应该澄清一个此问题中的重要概念。