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make insinuations about sth/sb
make insinuations 常用复数，表示反复或持续的暗讽。
She kept making insinuations about his motives.
她一直含沙射影地暗示他的动机不纯。
暗讽；影射；含沙射影
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暗讽；影射；含沙射影
an indirect and usually malicious implication
She kept making insinuations about his motives.
她一直含沙射影地暗示他的动机不纯。
迂回进入的行为或过程；爬行、蜿蜒或流入。
The act or process of insinuating; a creeping, winding, or flowing in.
通过温和或巧妙手段赢得好感、喜爱或影响的行为；旧时含褒义,指友好的影响或调解。
The act of gaining favor, affection, or influence, by gentle or artful means; — formerly used in a good sense, as of friendly influence or interposition.
以讨人喜欢的方式赢得善意的艺术或能力。
The art or power of gaining good will by a prepossessing manner.
被暗示的事物；暗示；通过间接提及而给出的含沙射影、暗示或示意。
That which is insinuated; a hint; a suggestion, innuendo or intimation by distant allusion
She ignored the insinuation that she had cheated on the exam.
她无视了关于她考试作弊的含沙射影。
His insinuations about my honesty made me angry.
他对我诚实度的含沙射影让我很生气。
I resent the insinuation that I don't work hard enough.
我反感这种暗示我不够努力的说法。
make insinuations 常用复数，表示反复或持续的暗讽。
She kept making insinuations about his motives.
她一直含沙射影地暗示他的动机不纯。
that 从句具体说明被暗指的内容。
I resent the insinuation that I cheated on the exam.
我讨厌那种影射我考试作弊的说法。
by insinuation 表示通过间接且常带恶意的方式表达。
He expressed his doubts by insinuation rather than openly.
他不是直说，而是含沙射影地表达了自己的疑虑。
Not this
He insinuation that I was lying.
Use this
He made an insinuation that I was lying.
insinuation 是名词，不能直接作谓语。要表达“暗讽/影射”这个动作，需要在前面加 make，构成 make an insinuation that...，让 made 作谓语，insinuation 作宾语。
Not this
She gave me an insinuation to leave early.
Use this
She gave me a hint to leave early.
insinuation 指恶意的间接影射或暗讽，不是中性的“提示”。要表达“给我一个暗示/提示”这种中性意思，应该用 hint。
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含沙射影；进行影射
She made insinuations about her colleague's honesty.
她含沙射影地暗示同事不诚实。
……的暗讽/影射
He denied the insinuation that he had cheated.
他否认了关于他作弊的影射。
恶毒的暗讽
The article was full of vicious insinuations.
那篇文章充斥着恶毒的暗讽。
隐晦的影射
Her comment was a veiled insinuation about his motives.
她的评论是对他动机的隐晦影射。
毫无根据的影射
The report contained unfounded insinuations.
这份报告包含毫无根据的影射。
驳斥影射
The minister dismissed insinuations of a cover-up.
部长驳斥了有关掩盖真相的影射。
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insinuation 里藏着 sin（罪），把罪过暗藏进话语里，就是含沙射影地暗讽。
语域：formal 常见场景：正式讲话、媒体评论、书面写作 该词通常用于正式或书面语境，表示间接且往往带有恶意的暗示；在口语中较少出现，多用于正式表达或文章。
这些词都以 -ation 结尾，读作 /eɪʃən/，与 insinuation 的重读音节 /eɪʃən/ 押韵。注意：拼写相近的 insinuate /ɪnˈsɪnjueɪt/ 和 insinuating /ɪnˈsɪnjueɪtɪŋ/ 分别以 /eɪt/ 和 /eɪtɪŋ/ 结尾，发音不同，并不押韵。
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