| 词组 | hint |
| 释义 | hint When used with a preposition, hint is usually used with at: • ... a slender selection of essays, which hint quietly at what may be expected —Edmund Wilson, Axel's Castle, 1931 • He was drinking too much and his neck and the under chin hinted at a plumpness which was not altogether a good sign —Victor Canning, 77?^ Chasm, 1947 • ... a submerged feeling or memory, that the two of them can only hint at but cannot express —Joyce Carol Oates, Harper's, August 1971 Less frequently, hint is used with of: • The face of the old retainer hinted of things still untold —Thomas B. Costain, The Black Rose, 1945 The evidence shows that once in a while hint is also used with about, against, or for: • "Why do you even hint about shame to me? ..." — E. Temple Thurston, The Green Bough, 1921 • Her husband's tutor was found to hint very strongly against such a step —Thomas Hardy, A Group of Noble Dames, 1891 (OED Supplement) • ... not answering letters hinting broadly for invitations to visit —Grace Metalious, Peyton Place, 1956 |
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