inkling
英 [ˈɪŋklɪŋ]
美 [ˈɪŋklɪŋ]
n. (对正在或即将发生的事的)略知
复数:inklings
BNC.14460 / COCA.15544
牛津词典
noun
- (对正在或即将发生的事的)略知
a slight knowledge of sth that is happening or about to happen- He had no inkling of what was going on.
他对正在发生的事情一无所知。 - 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。
- He had no inkling of what was going on.
柯林斯词典
- N-COUNT 略知;模糊的概念
If you havean inkling ofsomething, you have a vague idea about it.- I had no inkling of his real purpose until much later...
直到后来很久我才对他的真实目的略知一二。 - We had an inkling that something might be happening.
我们隐约感觉可能正有什么事情发生。
- I had no inkling of his real purpose until much later...
英英释义
noun
- a slight suggestion or vague understanding
- he had no inkling what was about to happen
双语例句
- But if you feel even the slightest inkling of a sneeze.
可只要你有一点点要打喷嚏的感觉。 - I had no inkling of his real purpose until much later
直到后来很久我才对他的真实目的略知一二。 - If I had the least inkling that my father was determined to harm you, wouldn't I tell you?
我若知道我父亲决意害你,我岂不告诉你呢? - As for me, I began to have an inkling.
至于我,我开始有点开窍了。 - Investigators have only an inkling of how many phytochemicals exist and how they work.
调查人员只对它们的多少以及它们是如何工作的情况略知端倪。 - The LCROSS results give only an inkling of where the water might have come from.
关于这些水有可能来自哪里,LCROSS的研究成果只是略微给出一点提示。 - Mr Stratton says companies should have an inkling of problems brewing.
斯特拉顿表示,公司应该对酝酿中的问题略有所知。 - He had no inkling of the cause of the delay.
他一点儿也不知道耽误的原因。 - Analysts said they were mystified that Credit Suisse had no inkling of the problems when it released its results.
分析师表示,对于瑞士信贷发布业绩时没有提及这些问题,他们感到疑惑。 - But we had little inkling just how dangerous this city would be for our boys.
但我们全然没有料到,这个城市对我们的孩子会有多么危险。