insinuate
verbVerb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they insinuate | |
| he / she / it insinuates | |
| past simple insinuated | |
| past participle insinuated | |
| -ing form insinuating |
- (usually disapproving)
to suggest indirectly that something unpleasant is true 暗示，旁敲侧击地指出（不快的事） - insinuate that…
The article insinuated that he was having an affair with his friend's wife. 文章含沙射影地点出他和朋友的妻子有染。 - insinuate something
What are you trying to insinuate? 你拐弯抹角想说什么？ an insinuating smile 暗示的微笑
- insinuate that…
- insinuate yourself into something (formal, disapproving)
to succeed in gaining somebody’s respect, trust, etc. so that you can use the situation to your own advantage 钻营；活动 In the first act, the villain insinuates himself into the household of the man he intends to kill. 在第一幕中，恶棍混进了他企图谋杀的男子的家庭。
- insinuate yourself/something + adv./prep. (formal)
to slowly move yourself or a part of your body into a particular position or place （使）缓慢进入；慢慢伸入
Word Originearly 16th cent. (in the sense ‘enter (a document) on the official register’): from Latin insinuat- ‘introduced tortuously’, from the verb insinuare, from in- ‘in’ + sinuare ‘to curve’.