| 释义 |
connote/kəˈnəʊt/v. tr. 1 (of a word etc.) imply in addition to the literal or primary meaning (词语等)包含，隐含 2 (of a fact) imply as a consequence or condition (事实)暗示着…结果(或条件) 3 mean, signify 意思是，意味着，表明 □ connotative /ˈkɒnəteitiv, kəˈnəʊtətiv/ adj.[medieval Latin connotare ‘mark in addition’ (as COM-, notare from nota ‘mark’)]■ Usage 用法说明 Connote and denote are sometimes confused. Connote means ‘to imply in addition to the primary meaning’, e.g. The words were harmless but the ideas they connoted were dangerous. In popular usage it is frequently used to mean ‘convey to the mind’ or ‘mean’ and hence verges on the sense of denote. 词语 connote 和 denote 有时容易混淆。 connote 表示“隐含着原义之外的附加意义”，如 The words were harmless but the ideas they connoted were dangerous. (这些话本身并无害处，但它们所隐含的观点却是危险的。)在通俗用法中，该词常用于表示“使想起”或“意味着”之义，因而接近于 denote 的含义。 |