inkling
英 [ˈɪŋklɪŋ]
美 [ˈɪŋklɪŋ]
n. (对正在或即将发生的事的)略知
复数：inklings
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- 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。
- He had no inkling of what was going on.
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.- 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。 - 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。
- I had no inkling of his real purpose until much later...
英英释义
noun
- a slight suggestion or vague understanding
- he had no inkling what was about to happen
双语例句
- But if you feel even the slightest inkling of a sneeze.
可只要你有一点点要打喷嚏的感觉。 - I have no inkling about the examination results, we shall all have to wait and see.
对考试结果我一无所知，我们只有等等才全知道。 - If you've ever been on a first date and had an inkling that you're being lied to, you're probably right.
你若在第一次约会时发现约会对象有对自己撒谎的迹象，你很有可能是猜对了。 - When I visited China in1986, we had no inkling that the Cold War was so close to its end and we knew little then of the significance of global warming.
1986年，当我访问中国的时候，我们当时一点都没有意识到冷战那么快就要结束了，当时对于全球变暖的问题的重要性也知之甚少。 - I've got an inkling of what is happening.
我对目前发生的事略有所知。 - 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。 - Maybe that should have given you an inkling.
也许这能给你一点提示。 - He must have had some inkling of what was happening.
他一定知道一点正在发生的事情。 - Amazingly I was there five or six months later and I had no inkling about it.
神奇的是不久之后我就真的得到了机会。 - 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。