implication

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of implicating. uncountable
  2. The state of being implicated. uncountable
  3. A possible, or indirect, effect or result of a decision or action. countable
    — Dumping waste in the river will have serious implications for the environment.
  4. An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words. countable,uncountable
    — But we can also take a more analytical attitude to these displays, interpreting the movements as no more than approachings, touchings, and departings with no implication that one shape caused the other to move.
  5. The connective in propositional calculus that, when joining two predicates A and B in that order, has the meaning "if A is true, then B is true". countable
  6. Logical consequence. countable,uncountable

词形变化

implications plural

词源

From Middle French implication, from Latin implicationem (accusative of implicatio).Equivalent to implicate + -ion.
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