imply

将“imply”拆分为“im”和“ply”，想象“im”代表“隐秘”的“im”意，而“ply”联想到“play”，想象在隐秘中玩弄文字游戏，即不直接表达但间接暗示，从而帮助记忆“imply”表示“暗示”的意思。

imply 暗示，暗指

im-,进入，使，-ply,编织，卷入，词源同apply,implicate.

imply

imply: see employ

imply (v.)

late 14c., "to enfold, enwrap, entangle" (the classical Latin sense), from Old French emplier, from Latin implicare "involve" (see implication). Meaning "to involve something unstated as a logical consequence" first recorded c. 1400; that of "to hint at" from 1580s. Related: Implied; implying. The distinction between imply and infer is in "What do you imply by that remark?" But, "What am I to infer from that remark?"

1. Cheerfulness doesn't always imply happiness.

快活并不总是意味着幸福.

2. What did she imply in her words?

她的话意味着什么?

3. What do you imply by that statement?

你那句话有什么含意?

4. Tremain's novel is altogether jauntier, more various and energetic than these quotations imply.

与这些引文给人的印象相比，特里曼的小说总的来说更加充满自信、富于变化，也更有活力。

5. Their failure to reply to our letter seems to imply a lack of interest.

他们没有回我们的信似乎暗示他们缺乏兴趣.

【denote, indicate, imply, mean, suggest, signify, represent】
这组词都有“表示……的意思”的意思，其区别是：
denote: 指某一词字面或狭义的意思，或指某些符号或迹象的特指含义。
indicate: 指明显的表示。
imply: 侧重用文字或符号表示的联想，暗示。
mean: 最普通用词。指文字或符号等所表示的各种明确的或含蓄的意义。
suggest: 通常指暗含地、隐晦地表达意思。
signify: 指用文字、说话或表情等表示单纯的意思。
represent: 指体现或代表。

【imply, hint, suggest】
这组词都有“暗示”的意思，其区别是：
imply: 侧重指话语、行为或情景中的一种暗示，听者或读者必须加以逻辑推断才能领会。
hint: 指通过时间接而有提示性的话语或表情来暗示某事。
suggest: 指有意或无意的，直接或间接暗示，强调事物的表征等使人引起联想。

【infer, imply】
infer: v. (根据已知事实)推断，推理。
• I infer from your smile that you are happy. 从你的笑容可以看出你很高兴。
imply: v. (从言语或态度中)暗示，暗指(某种事情)。
• The Secretary of the Treasury implied that interest rates would go down. 财政大臣暗示利率将下降。