inkling

US [ˈɪŋklɪŋ]
UK ['ɪŋklɪŋ]
  • n.（对正在或即将发生的事的）略知
  • Web暗示；迹象；端倪
Plural Form：inklings  

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inkling
n.
1.
（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。

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AllAll,略知略知,暗示暗示,迹象迹象,端倪端倪
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1.
He had an inkling he would be picked last night but when Ferguson tapped him on the shoulder, Welbeck admitted it still came as a shock.
在周上晚上他心里觉得他无法首发上场，但当爵爷拍了他一下肩膀后，他承认他当时大吃一惊。
zài zhōu shàng wǎn shang tā xīn li jué de tā wú fǎ shǒu fā shàng chǎng , dàn dāng jué yé pāi le tā yí xià jiān bǎng hòu , tā chéng rèn tā dāng shí dà chī yì jīng 。
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2.
Before Milnor, no one had any inkling that this restriction made any difference; for spaces of three dimensions or fewer, it does not.
在米尔诺尔之前，没有人认为这个限制有什么影响；而对于三维以下的空间，确实没有影响。
zài mǐ ěr nuò ěr zhī qián , méi yǒu rén rèn wéi zhè ge xiàn zhì yǒu shén me yǐng xiǎng ; ér duì yú sān wéi yǐ xià de kōng jiān , què shí méi yǒu yǐng xiǎng 。
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3.
Thus, when he decided to leave Hannibal in May 1853, he already had an inkling of his future career.
于是，当他在1853年5月决定离开汉尼堡时，他对将来的事业已有了初步的勾画。
yú shì , dāng tā zài yī bā wǔ sān nián wǔ yuè jué dìng lí kāi hàn ní bǎo shí , tā duì jiāng lái de shì yè yǐ yǒu liǎo chū bù de gōu huà 。
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4.
I did not have the slightest inkling that you together with everything else would in a moment vanish out of sight.
我想不到我在很短的时间以后就会失掉你，失掉这一切。
wǒ xiǎng bu dào wǒ zài hěn duǎn de shí jiān yǐ hòu jiù huì shī diào nǐ , shī diào zhè yí qiè 。
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5.
If the Dashtakis were readers of such publications as Chief Executive, they might have had an inkling that this would happen.
如果Dashtaki一家经常看像《首席执行官》一类的杂志，那么他们可能就会对这样的事略有所知。
rú guǒ Dashtaki yì jiā jīng cháng kàn xiàng 《 shǒu xí zhí xíng guān 》 yī lèi de zá zhì , nà me tā men kě néng jiù huì duì zhè yàng de shì lüè yǒu suǒ zhī 。
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6.
But amid the tension, there was an inkling Tuesday that differences could be set aside, if only for a moment.
尽管局势紧张，但周二有迹象显示分歧可能会被搁置一旁，哪怕只是短暂的一刻。
jǐn guǎn jú shì jǐn zhāng , dàn zhōu èr yǒu jì xiàng xiǎn shì fēn qí kě néng huì bèi gē zhì yì páng , nǎ pà zhǐ shì duǎn zàn de yí kè 。
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7.
Shelton saw from the fixed beam in her eyes that she had not an inkling .
谢尔顿从她眼睛里凝定的光波中看到她一点儿也不明白。
xiè ěr dùn cóng tā yǎn jing lǐ níng dìng de guāng bō zhōng kàn dào tā yì diǎn er yě bù míng bái 。
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8.
He spent the next decade slowly working out his plan, though few people, it seems, had any inkling of it.
他又花10年的时间慢慢实施他的计划，没有人觉察到这一切。
tā yòu huā shí nián de shí jiān màn màn shí shī tā de jì huà , méi yǒu rén jué chá dào zhè yí qiè 。
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9.
There was no inkling of the size of the universe beyond the Milky Way, and radioactivity, relativity and quantum theory were unimaginable.
人们对银河那边存在的宇宙究竟有多大一无所知，辐射能、相对论和量子论更是想都不敢想的问题。
rén men duì yín hé nà biān cún zài de yǔ zhòu jiū jìng yǒu duō dà yì wú suǒ zhī , fú shè néng 、 xiāng duì lùn hé liàng zǐ lùn gèng shì xiǎng dōu bù gǎn xiǎng de wèn tí 。
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10.
This of course means that you've got to have an inkling of what's important to her.
当然，这意味着你首先应该知道什么东西对她来说是重要的。
dāng rán , zhè yì wèi zhe nǐ shǒu xiān yīng gāi zhī dào shén me dōng xi duì tā lái shuō shì zhòng yào de 。
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