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implicate sb in sth
常用于犯罪或不当行为的语境。
The evidence implicates him in the robbery.
证据表明他与抢劫案有牵连。
牵连；暗示
implicates — third person singular of implicate
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牵连；暗示
bring into intimate and incriminating connection
The evidence implicates him in the robbery.
证据表明他与抢劫案有牵连。
显示以不利或犯罪的方式关联或卷入。
To show to be connected or involved in an unfavorable or criminal way.
隐含但不必然包含；作为隐含意义。
To imply without entailing; to have as an implicature.
implicate
Base
原形
implicates
3rd person
第三人称单数
implicating
-ing
现在分词
implicated
Past
过去式
implicated
Past participle
过去分词
The evidence implicates several officials.
证据牵连了几位官员。
His testimony implicated his partner in the crime.
他的证词暗示他的搭档参与了犯罪。
The investigation has implicated the company in illegal activities.
调查已表明该公司涉及非法活动。
及物动词，常用被动结构 be implicated in；注意与 imply 区分：implicate 表示牵连，imply 表示暗示。
The leaked documents implicated several high-ranking officials in the corruption scandal.
泄露的文件将几位高级官员牵连进了这起腐败丑闻。
She was accused of implicating her colleagues in the fraudulent scheme.
她被指控将同事牵连进那个欺诈计划。
His silence implicates him in the crime more than any evidence could.
他的沉默比任何证据都更能将他与犯罪联系起来。
常用于犯罪或不当行为的语境。
The evidence implicates him in the robbery.
证据表明他与抢劫案有牵连。
被动语态，强调受影响或牵连。
Several officials were implicated in the scandal.
几名官员被卷入丑闻。
较少用，表示暗示逻辑关系。
His silence does not implicate that he is guilty.
他的沉默并不意味着他有罪。
Not this
His silence implicated guilt.
Use this
His silence implied guilt.
误用implicate表示“暗示”，但implicate主要表示“牵连”，暗示应用imply。
Not this
He was implicated with the crime.
Use this
He was implicated in the crime.
介词搭配错误，implicate后通常接in表示“牵连到某事件”，而非with。
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被牵连进，卷入
Several officials were implicated in the corruption scandal.
数名官员卷入了腐败丑闻。
直接牵连
The new evidence directly implicates the CEO in the fraud.
新证据直接表明CEO与欺诈有关。
使某人牵连进某事
His fingerprints implicate him in the burglary.
他的指纹证明他与入室盗窃有关。
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implicate（牵连）：谐音‘硬皮里盖’——硬皮（证据）里盖着【牵连】。
常见场景：legal、academic 通常用于正式或法律语境，表示‘牵连’或‘暗示’，比较常见于书面语。
通常用于被动语态或与介词 in 连用。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, OCTANOVE, WIKTIONARY.