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词义辨析
mean,imply,indicate,represent,denote,signify,suggest
这些动词均含有“表示……的意思”之意。
mean最普通用词,指文字或符号等所表示的各种明确的或含蓄的意义。
imply侧重用文字或符号表示的联想,暗示。
indicate指明显的表示。
represent指体现或代表。
denote指某一词字面或狭义的意思,或指某些符号或迹象的特指含义。
signify指用文字、说话或表情等表示单纯的意思。
suggest通常指暗含地、隐晦地表达意思。
同根词汇
indicant n.指示物;标志
精选例句
1、 Forms will be available in school and online for them to indicate their choices and return to school.
表格将在学校和在线上提供给他们(进行填写),以表明(这是)他们自愿选择返校的。
来源:2018全国卷II阅读A篇
2、 After running hundreds of tests, the researchers noted that the monkeys would go for the higher values more than half the time, indicating that they were performing a calculation, not just memorizing the value of each combination.
在进行了数百次测试后,研究人员注意到,猴子会在一半以上的时间里选择较高的值,这表明它们是在进行计算,而不仅仅是记住每个组合的值。
来源:2019年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读D 原文
1、 Working at home or in cafes, starting businesses of their own, and even launching business ventures that eventually may fail, all indicate ""initiative,"" ""creativity,"" and ""adaptability,"" which are desirable qualities in today's workplace.
在家工作或在咖啡馆工作,自己创业,甚至发起最终可能失败的商业冒险,都表明“主动性,"" ""创造力”和“适应性”,这些都是当今工作场所所需要的品质。
来源:2021年6月份第2套题[阅读选择题]
1、 These behaviors clearly indicate a curiosity about what goes on in the mind of others, and probably a set of early intuitions coupled with a willingness to learn more.
这些行为清楚地表明,他们对别人的想法很好奇,可能是一套早期的直觉,加上想要学习更多的意愿。
来源:2020年7月六级第1套题句子搭配题
1、 In people who score high in a test of neuroticism, a personality dimension associated with self-consciousness and anxiety, eye contact triggered more activity associated with avoidance,according to the Finnish researcher Jari Hietanen and colleagues “Our findings indicate that people do not only feel different when they are the centre of attention but that their brain reactions also differ.
芬兰研究人员Jari Hietanen及其同事表示,在神经质(与自我意识和焦虑相关的人格维度)测试中得分较高的人,目光接触引发了更多与回避相关的活动。“我们的研究结果表明,当人们成为注意力的中心时,他们不仅感觉不同,而且大脑的反应也不同。”
来源:2020年全国硕士研究生招生考试英语(一)句子选择题
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