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indicate
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🇺🇸 /ˈɪndʌkˌeɪt/
表示“指出、显示或发出信号”,也可指根据迹象判断情况、指明适用的处理办法。
💡 记忆钩子
把 indicate 想成“用手指把信息指给别人看”:可以直接指出方向或传达消息,也可以由症状显示病情、由证据指向某种结论;在车辆中,它进一步变成用灯光指示转弯方向。
📝 学习建议
- 不要只把它记成“指示”;它常常表示“显示、表明”,主语可以是迹象、数据或症状,而不一定是人。
- 医学语境中的“指明适用的治疗”是较正式的用法,不能简单理解为“建议”或“命令”。
📖 中文释义
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core 指出;表明📖 把某个信息、事实或方向明确地指给别人看,使对方知道它是什么或接下来会发生什么。这是最基本的“指出并让人了解”之意。💡 常用结构是 indicate + 名词,或 indicate that + 从句;也可以用 indicate to someone + 信息,表示“向某人表明”。它通常比口语中的“告诉”更正式,不能把 indicate 误当成只用于手势或地图指路的词。transitiveThe sign indicates the way to the station.这个标志指明了去车站的路。She indicated that the meeting would start soon.她表示会议很快就要开始了。
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common 由症状显示📖 症状、体征或检查结果像是在替病情“指出”某件事:它们显示身体可能处于某种状态。这种用法常见于医学和科学说明。💡 常用结构是 symptom or result + indicate + condition,或 indicate that + 从句;主语通常是症状、数据或检查结果,而不是医生本人。这里表示“显示、提示”,不等于已经完全证明,也不宜译成命令式的“指示”。transitiveThese symptoms may indicate an infection.这些症状可能表明有感染。
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common 指明适用的治疗或办法📖 在医学语境中,某种病情或检查结果可以“指出”哪种治疗、药物或处理办法适合使用。💡 常用结构是 treatment + be indicated for + condition,或 condition + indicate + treatment;这种表达很正式,常见于医生说明、医学文章和说明书。它表示某种处理有医学上的适应性,不等于保证一定有效,也不等于普通人的随意推荐。transitiveSurgery is indicated when the symptoms do not improve.症状没有改善时,手术可能是适用的治疗办法。
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common 用信号灯表示转弯📖 驾驶时,车辆用转向灯把“我要向哪边转”的信息指出来,因此 indicate 也可专指打灯示意向左转或向右转。💡 常用结构是 indicate a turn,或 indicate before turning;也可说 indicate left or right,说明转弯方向。这个义项主要出现在驾驶规则、交通报道和较正式的说明中,日常口语也常直接说“打转向灯”。transitivePlease indicate before turning left.向左转弯前请先打转向灯。
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rare 用仪表检测机器性能📖 在旧式工程术语中,指用指示仪表检查蒸汽机等设备的状态或功率;仍然保留“借助仪表显示情况”的核心概念。transitive
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📘 英文释义 (WordNet)
共 5 组
give evidence of;
同义词集:
argue
indicate
The evidence argues for your claim
The results indicate the need for more work
上位: lay out, present, represent
be a signal for or a symptom of; ;
同义词集:
bespeak
betoken
indicate
point
signal
These symptoms indicate a serious illness
Her behavior points to a severe neurosis
The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued
上位: tell
下位: augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, mark, omen, portend, predict, prefigure, presage, prognosticate
indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively; ;
同义词集:
indicate
point
designate
show
I showed the customer the glove section
He pointed to the empty parking space
he indicated his opponents
上位: inform
下位: finger, point, reflect
to state or express briefly
同义词集:
indicate
indicated his wishes in a letter
上位: inform
下位: call, read, record, register, show, signify
suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine
同义词集:
indicate
Tetracycline is indicated in such cases
上位: inform
🌳 词源
源自拉丁语,核心词源含义是“指出、宣告”;与表示“词汇”的词和表示“索引”的词有共同词源。
Borrowed from Latin indicātus, perfect passive participle of indicō (“to point out, indicate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from in- (“in, to”) + dicō (“to declare, (originally) to point”). See also diction and index.
🔄 变式
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