英语单词

indicate是什么意思

indicate

英 ['ɪndɪkeɪt] 美 ['ɪndɪket]
  • vt. 表明;指出;预示;象征

助记提示


1. be indicated of 提示的.
2. 爹地奉献一生(dedicate).
3. 构词法:‐ate v. ‐> ‐ation n./‐ative adj. ‐ate adj ‐> ‐acy n.
4. in(在...里面) + di(谐音“弟弟”) => 里面的弟弟给你提示、暗示。

中文词源


indicate 指示,暗示

来自拉丁语indicare,指出,说明,来自in-,进入,使,-dic,指出,说,词源同digit,index.引申词义指示,暗示。

英文词源


indicate
indicate: [17] Like index, indicate has its origins in the Latin stem *dik- ‘point out’. In this case the base form was the verbal derivative dicāre ‘proclaim’ (ultimate ancestor also of English abdicate [16], dedicate [15] and predicate [16]), which with the addition of the prefix inproduced indicāre ‘show’ – which English adopted as indicate.

First cousin of Latin dicāre was dīcere ‘say’ (source of English diction, dictionary, etc). Addition of the prefix in- to this produced indīcere ‘proclaim’, which formed the basis of Vulgar Latin *indictāre ‘declare, dictate’. This has given English two separate verbs: via Old French enditier the now archaic indite [14]; and via Anglo-Norman enditer, with subsequent latinization of the spelling, indict [14].

=> abdicate, dedicate, predicate
indicate (v.)
1650s, back-formation from indication, or else from Latin indicatus, past participle of indicare "to point out, show, indicate, declare" (see indication). Related: Indicated; indicating.

双语例句


1. Ballpark estimates indicate a price tag of $90 million a month.
大致的估计费用为每月9,000万美元。

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2. Surveys indicate that supporters of the treaty are still in the majority.
调查表明,该条约的支持者仍然占大多数。

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3. The last figures so far this year indicate a rise of 13.8%.
今年到目前为止的最新数据显示增长了13.8%。

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4. He told us when to indicate and when to change gear.
他告诉我们何时打转向灯、何时换挡。

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5. Greg made a vague gesture to indicate how much.
格雷格做了一个含糊的手势表示有多少。

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