■ suggestion

1) 建议。

• If I may make (offer) a suggestion...如果允许我提出个建议…
• My suggestion is that...我的建议是…
• Following your suggestion...按照您的建议…
• I'm open to suggestions.我愿意倾听大家的建议。
• Do you have any suggestions for speeding up the process?大家对如何加快进行有什么建议吗？
• I bought it at my wife's suggestion.我是按照我妻子的主张把它买下来的。
• If nobody has any other suggestions, we'll move on.如果没有谁还有什么别的建议，咱们就谈别的事情吧。
• Their suggestion is that we stop work immediately.他们的建议是要我们立刻停工。

2) 不一定是“建议”，可以是“暗示”、“透露”。

• The simple suggestion that the network was tainted could ruin the entire plan.只要透露一下，说这个网络染上了病毒，整个计划就要垮台。
• Any suggestion the president hasn't been fully engaged on this pre-Katrina would be wrong. (Newsweek, Oct. 17, 2005, p.39)任何说总统没有全副精力处理这个预防卡特林娜风灾工作的说法，都错误的。

3) 一点点。

• with just a suggestion of garlic...加上一点点大蒜气味
• ... a dish with a (slight) suggestion of saffron.…一道略为加上点藏红花的菜肴。
• with a suggestion of irony in his voice...声音中略带讥讽口吻…
• There was a suggestion of a smile on her face.她的脸上露出一丝笑容。

4) 迹象。

• There is no suggestion of any change in policy.没有任何改变了政策的迹象。
• There was no suggestion of foul play.没有任何迹象显示有欺诈。
• There is no suggestion of negligence on their part.没有迹象说明他们有疏忽。