suggest

suggest
verb
  1. [reporting verb]put forward for consideration
    建议
    [with clause]I suggest that we wait a day or two.
    我建议我们等一两天。
    [with direct speech]‘Maybe you ought to get an expert,’ she suggested.
    “也许你应该找个专家”，她建议说。
    [with obj.]Ruth suggested a holiday.
    鲁思建议去度假。
    ■[with obj.]cause one to think that (something) exists or is the case
    使人想到，使人联想到
    finds of lead coffins suggested a cemetery north of the river.
    这些铅棺的发现使人联想到河的北面的一块墓地。
    [with clause]the temperature wasn't as tropical as the bright sunlight may have suggested.
    尽管阳光灿烂，但气温实际上并没有想象的那么高。
    ■state or express indirectly
    暗示，委婉地说
    [with clause]are you suggesting that I should ignore her?.
    你在暗示我应当不理睬她吗？。
    [with obj.]the seduction scenes suggest his guilt and her loneliness.
    这些诱惑的场面暗示了他的罪过和她的寂寞。
    ■[with obj.]evoke
    唤起，引起
    the theatrical interpretation of weather and water almost suggests El Greco.
    这种对天气和水的戏剧性诠释令人想起埃尔•格雷可。
    ■(suggest itself)(of an idea) come into one's mind
    想起（一个念头）
派生
suggester
noun
语源
  1. early 16th cent.: from Latin suggest- 'suggested, prompted', from the verb suggerere, from sub- 'from below' + gerere 'bring'
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