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inkling

noun
/ˈɪŋklɪŋ/
/ˈɪŋklɪŋ/
[usually singular]
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  1. a slight knowledge of something that is happening or about to happen(对正在或即将发生的事的)略知 synonym suspicion
    • inkling (of something) He had no inkling of what was going on.他对正在发生的事情一无所知。
    • inkling (that…) The first inkling I had that something was wrong was when I found the front door wide open.我发现前门大开着时就隐约感觉到出了事。
    Extra Examples
    • The first inkling we had of Cliff's problem was when he didn't come to work.克利夫没来上班,这时我们才第一次隐约感到他出了问题。
    • We didn't have the slightest inkling of the dramatic news we were about to hear.当时我们对于即将听到的激动人心的消息还一无所知。
    • I had some vague inkling of what she must have gone through.我隐约知道她一定经历了什么。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • first
    • faintest
    • slightest
    verb + inkling
    • have (no)
    • get
    • give (somebody)
    preposition
    • inkling of
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    Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘a mention in an undertone, a hint’): from the rare verb inkle ‘utter in an undertone’, of unknown origin.

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