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hint INDIRECT STATEMENThIntn [C]a statement or action which expresses indirectly what a person thinks or wants and which allows another person to take no notice of it without causing offence暗示，提示He has dropped (=given) several strong hints to his boss that he will go and work for someone else if he doesn't get a pay increase. [+ that clause]他已经给了他老板好几次有力的暗示，如果不给他加薪，他就要去为别人干活。Didn't she even give you a hint where she was going? [+ wh- word]她是否给过你暗示她将去哪儿?I coughed politely as she lit her cigarette, but she didn't take (=understand) the hint, so I had to explain that it was a no-smoking restaurant.在她点烟时我礼貌地咳嗽了一下，可她没有明白我的暗示，我只得向她解释这是禁止吸烟的餐厅。You just can't take a hint, can you? I wish you'd push off and leave me alone!你就是不懂暗示，对吗?我希望你离开这里，让我一个人待一会儿。
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