動變: 過去式:insinuated 過去分詞:insinuated 現在進行時:insinuating
insinuate
KK:[ɪnˈsɪnjʊˌеt] DJ:[inˈsinjuеit]
vt.
- 使逐漸而巧妙地取得；使迂迴地滲入[（+into）]
- 含沙射影地說；暗示；暗指[（+to）][+（that）]
vi.
- 說含沙射影的話；暗諷
衍生
a.
insinuative
n.
insinuator
辨析
以上來源於：《英漢大辭典》
/ɪnˈsɪnjʊeɪt/
v.
- suggest (something bad) in an indirect and unpleasant way.
- (insinuate oneself into) manoeuvre oneself gradually into (a favourable position).
- slide slowly and smoothly into a place.
Derivative
- insinuating adj.
- insinuatingly adv.
- insinuator n.
Etymology
C16 (in the sense ‘enter a document on the official register’): from L. insinuat-, insinuare ‘introduce tortuously’, from in- ‘in’ + sinuare ‘to curve’.
以上來源於：《簡明牛津英語詞典》
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