| 词组 | indicate |
| 释义 | indicate Indicate has the general meaning 'show', and you can sometimes use indicate and show in a similar way, for example when you are talking about evidence or the results of research. Evidence indicates that the experiments were unsuccessful. Evidence shows that chronic illness predisposes the sufferer to commit suicide. However, indicate and show are not always used in the same way when they have a person as their subject. If someone indicates an object, they show someone else where it is, usually by pointing or nodding towards it. Indicate is only used like this in stories. 'The car's just down there,' she said, indicating it with a nod of her head. She sat down in the armchair that Mrs Jones indicated. When indicate has this meaning, it is sometimes used with an indirect object, although this use is not common. The indirect object always has 'to' in front of it. Without speaking, he indicated to him the inside of the hut. If you show an object to someone, you hold it up or give or take it to them, so that they can see it and examine it. When show has this meaning, it always takes an indirect object. When the indirect object comes after the direct object, you put 'to' in front of the indirect object. I showed William what I had written. Fetch that drawing you did and show it to the doctor. |
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