suggestion /səˈʤɛstʃən/ noun plural suggestions
plural suggestions
Learner's definition of SUGGESTION
1 [count]
a : an idea about what someone should do or how someone should behave提议；建议 -
Do you have any suggestions?你有什么建议吗？
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Please send comments and suggestions to our post office box.请把意见和建议寄到我们的邮政信箱。
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I have a suggestion: call the store and ask them about it.我提议给商店打电话询问此事。
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I'd like to offer/make a suggestion.我想要提个建议。
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I am always open to suggestions. [=ready to hear new ideas]我随时可以听取建议。
b : something that is said in an indirect way暗示 -
I'm shocked at the suggestion that he deliberately cheated. = The very suggestion that he deliberately cheated is shocking (to me).有暗示说他故意欺骗，这让我震惊。
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I reject his suggestion that we shouldn't have helped them.他言下之意说我们本不该帮助他们，我没理睬。
2
a : an action, quality, appearance, etc., that seems to indicate the presence or existence of something迹象 [count]
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usually singular通常用单数 [noncount]
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They were careful to avoid any suggestion of impropriety. [=avoid doing anything that could be seen as improper]他们小心谨慎，任何有不得体之嫌的事都不去做。
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There was some suggestion of swelling around his ankle. [=his ankle appeared to be slightly swollen]他的脚踝周围有肿胀的迹象。
b [count] : a very small amount of something微量；些许 —
usually singular通常用单数 3
[noncount] : the process by which you make people think or feel something by saying, expressing, or showing something that is related only indirectly联想；暗示
at/on someone's suggestion
: because someone said that you should按照某人的建议 -
On his suggestion, I applied for the job. [=I applied for the job because he suggested that I should]按照他的建议，我申请了这份工作。
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She went to Germany at my suggestion.她听从我的建议，去了德国。