- [countable]
an idea or a plan that you mention for somebody else to think about 建议；提议 Can I make a suggestion? 我提个建议好吗？ Do you have any suggestions? 你有什么建议吗？ I would like to offer a suggestion. 我想提个建议。 He rejected my suggestion as impractical. 他以不切实际为由拒绝了我的建议。 - suggestion for something
The report offers suggestions for improvement to policy. 该报告提出了改进政策的建议。 I'd like to hear your suggestions for ways of raising money. 关于筹集资金的办法，我想听听你的意见。 - suggestion on something
We welcome any comments and suggestions on these proposals. 对于这些方案的任何意见和建议，我们一概欢迎。 - suggestion about something
Are there any suggestions about how best to tackle the problem? 这个问题最好怎样解决，大家有没有什么建议？ - suggestion that…
He agreed with my suggestion that we should change the date. 他同意我提出的更改日期的建议。 We are open to suggestions (= willing to listen to ideas from other people). 我们愿意听取大家的建议。 We need to get it there by four. Any suggestions? 我们需要在四点以前把东西送过去。大家有什么办法吗？
Extra ExamplesTopics Opinion and argumenta2Can you give us any suggestions for a slogan? 我们需要一个口号，你能提些建议吗？ They made three specific suggestions. 他们提出了 3 条明确的建议。 Please send your suggestions via email to… 请通过电子邮件把你的建议发送给⋯ Employee suggestion boxes invite raw ideas. 员工意见箱欢迎大家提出创意。 I've had several helpful suggestions from colleagues. 我从同事那里得到了一些有益的建议。 Management welcomes practical suggestions on how to improve the facilities. 管理层欢迎关于如何改进设施的实用性意见。 I think we might take up the suggestion of printing the books in Hong Kong. 我认为我们也许会采纳在香港印书的建议。 I'd appreciate any suggestions you may have. 你的任何建议我都会洗耳恭听。 We have noted your suggestion and will give it due consideration. 我们已经注意到了你的建议，并将给予适当的考虑。 suggestions for further reading 拓展阅读方面的建议
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- constructive
- excellent
- good
- …
- have
- come up with
- give somebody
- …
- box
- at the suggestion of
- suggestion about
- suggestion as to
- …
- amid suggestions that…
- be open to suggestion
- be open to suggestions
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- [uncountable, countable, usually singular]
a reason to think that something, especially something bad, is true 使人作（尤其是不好的事情的）推测的理由 - suggestion of something
A spokesman dismissed any suggestion of a boardroom rift. 发言人的话打消了人们关于董事会不和的所有推测。 There is no suggestion of any impropriety. 没有任何不当的迹象。 - suggestion that…
There was no suggestion that he was doing anything illegal. 说他在从事非法活动无任何根据。
Extra ExamplesShe left the country amid suggestions that she had stolen from the company. 她在一片关于她盗窃了公司钱财的传言声中离开了那个国家。 They dismissed the suggestion that they hadn't worked hard. 他们不接受他们没有努力工作的说法。 This is a book full of provocative suggestions. 这本书充满煽动性言论。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- constructive
- excellent
- good
- …
- have
- come up with
- give somebody
- …
- box
- at the suggestion of
- suggestion about
- suggestion as to
- …
- amid suggestions that…
- be open to suggestion
- be open to suggestions
- …
- suggestion of something
- [uncountable]
putting an idea into people’s minds by connecting it with other ideas 暗示；联想 Extra ExamplesThere's no scientific basis to the method—it works by suggestion. 这种方法没有什么科学依据，它是通过暗示起作用的。 These healers claim to remove the pain by the power of suggestion. 心灵疗愈师们声称可以用暗示的力量来消除病痛。 analgesia through hypnotic suggestion 催眠暗示止痛法
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- implicit
- hypnotic
- by suggestion
- through suggestion
- the power of suggestion
- [countable, usually singular] (formal or literary)
a slight amount or sign of something 微量；些微；迹象 She looked at me with just a suggestion of a smile. 她看着我，脸上带着一丝笑意。 He spoke English with a suggestion of a French accent. 他说英语有点法国口音。 Her eyes contained a strong suggestion of mischief. 她的眼睛里流露出明显的恶作剧的神情。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- faint
- mere
- slightest
- …
- carry
- have
- at the suggestion of
- suggestion of
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘an incitement to evil’): via Old French from Latin suggestio(n-), from the verb suggerere, from sub- ‘from below’ + gerere ‘bring’.
Idioms
at/on somebody’s suggestion
because somebody suggested it 根据某人的建议；在某人的提议下 At his suggestion, I bought the more expensive printer. 在他的建议下，我买了那台比较贵的打印机。 At the suggestion of his boss, he resigned. 在老板的建议下，他辞职了。