🔑implyAWBrE/ɪmˈplaɪ/NAmE/ɪmˈplaɪ/verbpresent simple - I / you / we / theyimplyBrE/ɪmˈplaɪ/NAmE/ɪmˈplaɪ/present simple - he / she / itimpliesBrE/ɪmˈplaɪz/NAmE/ɪmˈplaɪz/past simpleimpliedBrE/ɪmˈplaɪd/NAmE/ɪmˈplaɪd/past participleimpliedBrE/ɪmˈplaɪd/NAmE/ɪmˈplaɪd/ -ing formimplyingBrE/ɪmˈplaɪɪŋ/NAmE/ɪmˈplaɪɪŋ/🔑tosuggestthatsthistrueorthatyoufeelorthinksth, withoutsayingsodirectly含有…的意思；暗示；暗指◆~ (that)…Areyouimplying (that) Iamwrong?你的意思是不是说我错了？◆~sthIdislikedtheimpliedcriticisminhisvoice. 我讨厌他暗中批评的口吻。◆itisimpliedthat…Itwasimpliedthatwewereatfault. 这意味着我们错了。infer / imply
Infer and imply have opposite meanings. The two words can describe the same event, but from different points of view. If a speaker or writer implies something, they suggest it without saying it directly. * infer 和 imply 意义相反，两词可能描述同一事情，但角度不同。imply 意为暗示、暗指、意味着：◆The article implied that the pilot was responsible for the accident.文章暗指飞行员应对事故负责。 If you infer something from what a speaker or writer says, you come to the conclusion that this is what he or she means. * infer 意为从…中推断、推论、推定：◆I inferred from the article that the pilot was responsible for the accident.我从这篇文章推断，飞行员应对事故负责。
Infer is now often used with the same meaning as imply. However, many people consider that a sentence such as ：◆Are you inferring that I'm a liar? is incorrect, although it is fairly common in speech.现在 infer 常用以表达与 imply 相同的含义，不过许多人认为 Are you inferring that I'm a liar?（你意思是说我撒谎吗？）这样的句子不正确，虽然此用法在口语中相当普遍。