implicate

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The thing implied.
动词 v.
  1. To show to be connected or involved in an unfavorable or criminal way. transitive,usually
    — The evidence implicates involvement of top management in the scheme.
  2. To imply, to have as a necessary consequence or accompaniment. nonstandard,transitive
    — What did Nixon's visit to China implicate for Russia?
  3. To imply without entailing; to have as an implicature.
  4. To fold or twist together, intertwine, interlace, entangle, entwine. archaic
形容词 adj.
  1. Intertwined, enfolded, twisted together; wrapped up (with), entangled, involved (in). also,figuratively,rare
  2. Intertwined, enfolded, twisted together; wrapped up (with), entangled, involved (in).; used in implicate order also,especially,figuratively,rare
  3. Involved, intricate. obsolete

词形变化

implicates present,singular,third-person implicating participle,present implicated participle,past implicated past implicates plural more implicate comparative most implicate superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
disimplicate implicatory nonimplicated unimplicate unimplicated implicate order
相关词
implication implicative implicature implicit implicitness imply

词源

词源 1
First attested in the 15th century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English implicaten (poorly attested), from implicat(e) (“wrapped, entwined; involved, connected (with)”, possibly also used as the past participle of implicaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin implicātus, perfect passive participle of implicō (“to entangle, involve”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from plicō (“to fold”). Doublet of imply and employ.
词源 2
First attested in the first part of the 15ᵗʰ century, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English implicat(e) (“wrapped, entwined; incolved, connected (with)”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix), -ate (noun-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.
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