a slight knowledge of something that is happening or about to happen synonym suspicion(对正在或即将发生的事的)略知 - 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 ExamplesThe 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
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- have (no)
- get
- give (somebody)
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- inkling of
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.- inkling (of something)