inkling

英 [ˈɪŋklɪŋ]

美 [ˈɪŋklɪŋ]

n.  (对正在或即将发生的事的)略知

复数：inklings　

TOEFLGRETEM8

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
  1. He had no inkling of what was going on.
     他对正在发生的事情一无所知。
  2. 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。

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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

英英释义

noun

• a slight suggestion or vague understanding
  1. he had no inkling what was about to happen
  Synonym:intimationglimmeringglimmer

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• As for me, I began to have an inkling.
  至于我，我开始有点开窍了。
• When a poor man is to lose his only child, he likes to have an inkling of it beforehand.
  当一个可怜的人要失去他唯一的孩子时，他希望事先得到一个暗示。
• He had no inkling of the cause of the delay.
  他一点儿也不知道耽误的原因。
• When I visited China in1986, we had no inkling that the Cold War was so close to its end and we knew little then of the significance of global warming.
  1986年，当我访问中国的时候，我们当时一点都没有意识到冷战那么快就要结束了，当时对于全球变暖的问题的重要性也知之甚少。
• I had an [ no] inkling of what he intended to do.
  我略知[不知道]他打算做什么。
• He admitted said: 'I always had an inkling that Kerry liked women.
  他承认：我一直感到Kerry有可能喜欢女人。
• 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。
• 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？