His silence seemed to imply that he disagreed with the proposal.
他的沉默似乎暗示他不同意这个提案。
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v.(逻辑上)意味着,包含……的必然推论
A high crime rate does not necessarily imply poor policing.
高犯罪率并不一定意味着警务工作不力。
语感
imply 是说话者藏起来的话,infer 是听者挖出来的意思
暗示含有……的意思意味着
imply vs. infer 是高考最常考的混淆点。规则:说话者/文本 implies(暗示),听者/读者 infers(推断)。The report implies that funding was misused(报告暗示资金被滥用)vs. From the report, we can infer that funding was misused(从报告中,我们可以推断……)。记忆口诀:说的人 imply,听的人 infer。
陷阱
⚠️imply vs. infer:说话者暗示 vs. 听者推断
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From his tone, she implied that he was hiding something.
(误)从他的语气,她暗示他在隐瞒什么。
她是「听者」,是在推断;推断用 inferred;implied 是「说话者的暗示行为」
✓
From his tone, she inferred that he was hiding something.