inkling

英 [ˈɪŋklɪŋ]

美 [ˈɪŋklɪŋ]

n.  (对正在或即将发生的事的)略知

复数：inklings　

TOEFLGRETEM8

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
  1. He had no inkling of what was going on.
     他对正在发生的事情一无所知。
  2. 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。

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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

英英释义

noun

• a slight suggestion or vague understanding
  1. he had no inkling what was about to happen
  Synonym:intimationglimmeringglimmer

双语例句

• Investigators have only an inkling of how many phytochemicals exist and how they work.
  调查人员只对它们的多少以及它们是如何工作的情况略知端倪。
• I've got an inkling of what is happening.
  我对目前发生的事略有所知。
• Did you have any inkling that they were having an affair?
  他俩关系暖昧，你略知一二吗？
• I had no inkling how serious these problems are.
  我对这些问题的严重性一无所知。
• I had no inkling that there was a surprise party.
  我压根儿不知道会举行一次令我们惊喜的舞会。
• 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。
• He had no inkling of the cause of the delay.
  他一点儿也不知道耽误的原因。
• But we had little inkling just how dangerous this city would be for our boys.
  但我们全然没有料到，这个城市对我们的孩子会有多么危险。
• 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。
• As for me, I began to have an inkling.
  至于我，我开始有点开窍了。