| 单词 | give to understand |
| 释义 | give to understandgive to understand 1 formal to make someone think that a particular thing is true 使某人理解/相信某事 I was given to understand that I would be offered a permanent job. 我得到的信息是，我会得到一份固定的工作。 Examples from the Corpus give somebody to understand/think/believe something• She'd given more time to thinking about Lucy than anything else for months.• But the knotted tensions between people and groups of people give us plenty to think about.• Ireland would be given something new to think about.• It obviously gave him plenty to think about.• A parting sniff as she left the room gave the gentleman to understand that he had disappointed her.• He would have given anything to believe that Isambard was lying.• But he had also given her time to think what she was doing. → give somebody to understand/think/believe something at give1(18) 2 formalTELL to make someone believe that something is true, going to happen etc, without telling them this directly 〔不直接说明而〕使某人相信… I was given to understand that the property was in good condition. 给我的感觉是房子维护得挺好。 Examples from the Corpus give somebody to understand (that)• He gave up trying to understand it and vowed to harden himself more.• A parting sniff as she left the room gave the gentleman to understand that he had disappointed her.• She gave him to understand that her city was his as well as she herself.• Although I received no official indication, I was given to understand that I would be promoted within a year.• He gave me to understand that the bamboo beetle would soon be killed off by the sea air.• A friend of your daughter's gave us to understand that you lived in Michigan.• Colonel Fergusson had long since given up trying to understand the business.• Sergeant Bramble and Constable Quince very quickly gave up trying to understand what it was that the experts were looking for. → give somebody to understand (that) at understand(1) |
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