implication
英 [ɪmplɪ'keɪʃ(ə)n]
美['ɪmplɪ'keʃən]
英英释意
- 1. something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied);
- "his resignation had political implications"
- 2. a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred;
- "the significance of his remark became clear only later"
- "the expectation was spread both by word and by implication"
- 3. an accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection
- 4. a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form `if p then q'; if p is true then q cannot be false
- 5. a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement);
- "he was suspected of implication in several robberies"