implicate

verb

/ˈɪmplɪkeɪt/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they implicate	/ˈɪmplɪkeɪt/ /ˈɪmplɪkeɪt/
he / she / it implicates	/ˈɪmplɪkeɪts/ /ˈɪmplɪkeɪts/
past simple implicated	/ˈɪmplɪkeɪtɪd/ /ˈɪmplɪkeɪtɪd/
past participle implicated	/ˈɪmplɪkeɪtɪd/ /ˈɪmplɪkeɪtɪd/
-ing form implicating	/ˈɪmplɪkeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈɪmplɪkeɪtɪŋ/

Idioms

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implicate somebody (in something) to show or suggest that somebody is involved in something bad or criminal牵涉，涉及（某人）
- He tried to avoid saying anything that would implicate him further.他尽力避免说出任何会进一步牵连他的事情。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- deeply
- heavily
- strongly
- …
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implicate something (in/as something) to show or suggest that something is the cause of something bad表明（或意指）…是起因
- The results implicate poor hygiene as one cause of the outbreak.这些结果说明卫生条件差是疾病爆发的一个原因。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- deeply
- heavily
- strongly
- …
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Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin implicatus ‘folded in’, past participle of implicare, from in- ‘in’ + plicare ‘to fold’. The original sense was ‘entwine’; compare with employ and imply. The earliest modern sense (‘to convey something indirectly’), dates from the early 17th cent.

Idioms

be implicated in something

to be involved in a crime; to be responsible for something bad与某罪行有牵连；对某坏事有责任
- Senior officials were implicated in the scandal.一些高级官员受到这一丑闻的牵连。
- These groups are very strongly implicated in the violence.这些团体与这起暴力事件有很大关联。