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

• Did you have any inkling that they were having an affair?
  他俩关系暖昧，你略知一二吗？
• He had no inkling of the cause of the delay.
  他一点儿也不知道耽误的原因。
• Maybe that should have given you an inkling.
  也许这能给你一点提示。
• I had an [ no] inkling of what he intended to do.
  我略知[不知道]他打算做什么。
• I've got an inkling of what is happening.
  我对目前发生的事略有所知。
• He must have had some inkling of what was happening.
  他一定知道一点正在发生的事情。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Analysts said they were mystified that Credit Suisse had no inkling of the problems when it released its results.
  分析师表示，对于瑞士信贷发布业绩时没有提及这些问题，他们感到疑惑。